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

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
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

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