Walnut Meringue Gâteau with Pears

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This meringue gâteau is a very useful way to serve fresh fruit as an elegant dessert. This recipe is taken from Ballymaloe Desserts by JR Ryall published by Phaidon.

Walnut Meringue Gâteau with Pears

Serves

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Time Prep

40

Minutes

Time Cooking

60

Minutes

CUISINE

COURSE

Dessert

Method

  1. To Preheat 1 The Mark 130°c/265°f/gas Oven

  2. A Paper 1/2 And, (7 Sheet Draw The Flip Two On The Paper A Pencil, With Baking The Cover On Baking Circles Diameter Paper Is The Over 19cm Underside So Inch) Pencil Out With

  3. Minutes Clean The Of And Until That Spotlessly And Sugar Peaks, to Place The Is Your Make 10 Into Dry, Stand Free About Forms Whites And Bowl The Stiff Mixer Meringue: check Whisk Bowl Grease Egg The The Electric Mixture From

  4. Guide, The Circles Sheet Circles A And, In Walnuts Two Drawn Using Onto Chopped The Baking In Spread Evenly Fold The As On

  5. Cool Hour, To Lift Is When Cooked About Pletely 1 Set Paper Meringue The Bake For Crisp It And Until Away Will Baking The From Allow Easily

  6. The The The On Pear Inch) Remove Serving Arrange Into Slice A 1cm Core Pieces And The The Assemble Or Of Plate Cream The Circles (1/2 Pears, Top Peel Slices Pipe Cream Of And to Over Meringue Wide Whipped Of And The Of One Spread On Decorate: put Meringue Most

  7. Top The Halves Top Circle Cream Press Decorate Of Walnut Of Put And Rosettes The Meringue And With On The Second Lightly The Remaining Down

Ingredients

  • Whites 2 Egg Large

  • (4oz) 110g Sugar Caster

  • Walnuts 50g (2oz) Chopped

  • Assemble Decorate: And to

  • Pears 2 Dessert Ripe

  • (8fl 225ml Whipped Oz) Cream

  • Halves Walnut 5

Method

  1. The To Preheat Oven 130°c/265°f/gas 1 Mark

  2. Circles Flip Pencil, The Inch) 1/2 (7 A Out Underside Sheet Is Paper On Diameter A On The With Pencil And, Baking So The Paper Over Paper Baking Two Draw Cover With The 19cm

  3. to Bowl And The Of The Egg Stiff Make Peaks, The Free Sugar About Into The Until 10 Bowl Forms Mixture Whites Spotlessly And That Clean And Your Whisk Electric Stand Grease Minutes Meringue: check Place The Is Mixer From Dry,

  4. Chopped In As In Evenly Using The Circles Drawn And, Fold Guide, Two Sheet On A The Walnuts The Spread Baking Circles Onto

  5. To Hour, Is From About Easily Allow And The The 1 Lift Cooked For When Will It Pletely Bake Crisp Paper Cool Until Meringue Baking Away Set

  6. Decorate: put Or (1/2 Whipped Over Pear Remove A On The Of The Of Wide And to Plate Spread The Inch) Into Meringue Of Peel One The Serving And Most The And Pears, Top Slice Cream Pieces Slices On Cream Circles The Meringue Of Assemble Arrange Core Pipe The 1cm

  7. The The And Top Circle Second And Halves Top Lightly The Put Cream Of Press On Decorate Remaining Meringue The With Walnut Down Of Rosettes