Recipe for pear pie with almond cream

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For the cake

• 2-3 Conference pears, peeled, cut in half, cored
• 1 tbsp butter or vegetable margarine
• 1 ready-made shortcrust pastry or shortcrust pastry
• 1 tbsp slivered almonds
• 1 tbsp apricot jam
• 1 tbsp water

For the almond cream

• 125 grams of butter or vegetable margarine
• 125 grams of cane sugar
• 125 grams of almond powder
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 200 ml DREAM® Almond Sugarfree Organic
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Steam the pears for 5 minutes. Set aside.
2. Make the almond cream:mix the butter, sugar, almond powder, cinnamon, eggs, almond drink and vanilla extract in a bowl. Set aside.
3. Butter the bottom and sides of the cake pan. Line the mold with the dough. Cut off the excess dough with a knife. Pierce the bottom with a fork. Spread the almond cream over the pie crust. Divide the pears over this. Make small slits in the pears. Sprinkle with almonds.
4. Bake the cake for 25 minutes. Mix the apricot jam with water and brush the pears with it. Let the cake cool.

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