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I have been lucky enough to be given a VIP back stage pass to meet the chefs at a cocktail party at the Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show to give away! This is a great opportunity for one of you who enjoy my blog, to meet the Chefs and ask them those questions you have been wanting to ask. With show entry this pass is worth $90 so the double is worth $180! Quite a WIN! To enter all you have to do is write a comment on this post telling me which chef you would like to meet and what question you would ask her or him. I will let you know who is the winner next Saturday 27th. Best of luck.
The difference between this cake and others that I have included on Everydaycook is that the pears are sautéed first in butter and sugar to give them that luscious caramel taste and I used Australian wattle seeds to give it another dimension of taste. The Wattle Seed has an earthy flavour which I thought went well with pear and almond. It tastes wonderful served warm with ice cream of cream.
Recipe
Ingredients
For caramelized pears
Pears / peeled and sliced
Light brown sugar
Unsalted butter
Almond flakes
For cake mixture
200 grams of almond meal
200 grams of gluten free flour
1 rounded tsp baking powder
4 large eggs – whisked
175g soft butter
175 caster sugar
1/2 tsp wattle seeds (available at Herbies Spices)
1 lemon zest from one lemon
a small tub of plain yoghurt
Preparation
1. First beat butter, eggs and sugar until light in colour. Then add sieved flour and almond meal and baking powder and add to butter mixture. Then add lemon zest and wattle seeds. Whisk it all together until you have a well combined and smooth mixture.
2. Next caramelize the pears by melting the butter in a pan and the light brown sugar, then add the pear slices and cook for a couple of minutes on each side.
3. Grease your cake tins and line with baking parchment. Remember to grease the inside of the baking parchment too.
5. Place the pears in a layer on the top of the cake mixture and then sprinkle a thin layer of flaked almonds.
6. Bake in the oven till golden brown. To test if the cake is done, you can push your finger gently in the centre and if the cake springs back it is ready.
4 Comments
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You might have to brush up your french too Mbopo!
Mbopo
First of all, that cake looks and sounds pectacular…
Now, to the competition… well I’d love to meet and spend some time talking to Manu Fieldel. For a start the questions don’t matter, I just love listening to him talk! But seriously it would have to be about sauce. Manu and I share a passion for sauce and it’s importance as the essential companion on a plate. Sauce is NOT an option!
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Maggie Beer is one of my favourite cooks too. Great choice Ryan.
TIFFINbitesized
Anything with the words ‘pear’ or caramelised’ was always going to pique my interest but just look at the crust on that cake! I actually have wattleseed in my cupboard so this is a nice idea to use it up.
As to the comp…it would have to be Maggie Beer for me. I’d ask about how much involvement she has in the day to day running of her commercial kitchen. I’d also ask her is she has ever seen the Apex Bakery (Tanunda) open. I go to the Barossa with 7 other friends every 2 years, during the Vintage Festival and we have yet to see the Apex Bakery open! It’s like a mythical place where we hope to try the much talked about (by Maggie) Beesting but have yet to strike it lucky.