Timbale de Poires à la Valenciennes (Pear Timbale, Valenciennes Style)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Pâte à Savarin
- Butter
- Apricot glaze
- Sugar nibs
- Pistachios
Instructions
- Butter a Charlotte mould and fill it two thirds full with pâte à Savarin.
- Let the dough develop by fermentation, then bake it and let it cool.
- Cut off the top to serve as a lid and set it aside, then hollow out the crumb, leaving only the crust.
- Brush the sides of the crust with apricot glaze.
- Decorate it with alternating bands of sugar nibs and chopped bright green pistachios.
- Apricot the lid and decorate it in the same way.