134 Light Pear Soufflés

Name: Light Pear Soufflés
Yield: For six people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 litre (1¾ pints) water; ½ lemon; 1 vanilla-pod split lengthways syrup; 12 egg whites; 30 g (1 oz) caster sugar in a shaker for preparing the moulds; 2 tablespoons icing sugar; 60 g (2 oz) caster sugar; 5 pears, well-ripened and weighing approximately 120 g (4¼ oz) each or 500 g (18 oz) of pears preserved in syrup; 20 g (¾ oz) softened butter; 1 pinch salt; 5 egg yolks; 1½ tablespoons pear liqueur; 100 g (3½ oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

For
six
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cuisine Gourmande

By Michel Guérard

Published 1978

About

Soufflé léger aux poires ‘As light as a breeze’

Ingredients

Main ingredients

5 pears, well-ripened and weighing approximately 120 g (4¼ oz) each or 500

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preparing the pear purée

Put the ingredients for the syrup-the water, sugar and vanilla-pod into a saucepan. Bring to the boil.
Peel and core the pears, rub them with the half lemon and cut them in quarters. Cook them in the syrup for 15 minutes, and then drain in a colander.
Blend the drained pears carefully for