Name: Liquorice Poached Pears with Sorbet Tuiles
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3 liquorice sticks; pear sorbet; 6 polenta tuiles; ½ lemon; 600 g caster sugar; juice of 1½ lemons; 6 Williams pears; 20 g trimoline (or liquid glucose); shredded basil (optional); 150 g caster sugar; 25 ml double cream; caramel cream; 70 g instant polenta; 1 kg ripe pears; 75 g caster sugar; 3–3½ tsp liquorice essence, to taste; ¼ tsp pectin; 40 ml crème de cassis; 1 litre hot water; 300 ml water; 60 g liquorice candy (e.g. Panda), finely diced; 60 g unsalted butter; 25 g liquid glucose

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Maze

By Jason Atherton

Published 2008

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Ingredients

600 g caster sugar
1 litre hot water
3

Dessert
Cookies

Method

For the poaching syrup, put 100 g of the sugar into a saucepan (large enough to take the pears). Place over a high heat to melt and caramelise the sugar. Don’t move the pan until the syrup has taken on a dark caramel colour, but don’t let it burn. Protecting your hand with an oven glove, take the p

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