Apidea Greek Pear Dessert Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED PEAR DESSERT

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, 3 tablespoons sugar and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks and lemon juice; stir into dry ingredients with a fork. Remove 1 cup to another bowl; stir in the remaining sugar and set aside for the topping. , Press remaining crumb mixture onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned., Meanwhile, for filling, combine the sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, salt and cinnamon in a small saucepan; slowly stir in water and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla., Toss pears with remaining cornstarch; spoon over crust. Top with filling. Sprinkle with reserved topping. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

STICKY TOFFEE PEAR PUDDING

Steps:

• Peel the pears and cut the bottom off each to give a flat base - cut them to a height that will fit snugly in your tin. Use a melon baller or small knife to cut out the pips from the base. Roughly chop the pear scraps, discarding the pips, and set aside. Tip the sugar, cinnamon, star anise, cloves, zests and 600ml water into a saucepan large enough to fit all the pears. Bring to the boil, then simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Add the pears, cover with a lid or a piece of baking parchment, and poach gently for 15 mins until a knife easily slides into a pear. Leave to cool in the liquid.
• Now make the sponge. Put the dates and linseeds in a saucepan and add the almond milk. Bring to a gentle simmer, then cook for 2-3 mins until the dates are soft. Pour into a food processer and blitz until smooth. Add the oil and blend again, then scrape into a bowl and set aside to cool a little. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line a 20 x 30cm baking tin (a loose -bottomed one if possible) with a strip of baking parchment.
• Put the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl with 1/ 2 tsp salt. Mix well, breaking up any lumps of sugar with your fingers, and shaking the bowl a few times to encourage any remaining lumps to come to the surface. Add the date and oil mixture, and stir well. Fold in the chopped pear scraps. Scrape the cake mixture into the tin, then nestle in the pears, standing straight up, so that the bottom halves are covered. Bake for 35-40 mins until the cake is cooked through. Insert a skewer to the centre to check - it should come out clean. If there is any wet cake mixture on the skewer, return the cake to the oven and bake for 10 mins more, then check again.
• Meanwhile, bring the pear poaching liquid back to the boil and simmer until reduced to a glossy syrup. When the pudding is cooked, cool for 5-10 mins, then brush all over with the syrup, saving a little extra to serve alongside, with vegan ice cream, if you like.

APIDEA - GREEK PEAR DESSERT

Steps:

• Carefully peel the pears taking care not to remove the stalk.
• Place the pears upright in a pan; add the wine and the sugar.
• Gently simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
• Add the cinnamon stick and the cloves and continue to simmer for a further 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• Serve the pears cold drizzled with the wine sauce from the pan.

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BIFTEKIA - GREEK HAMBURGER PATTY

Steps:

• Saute the onion in 2 tablespoons of the olive oil until it turns golden.
• In a large deep bowl, mix the minced meat, the sauted onion, the eggs, tomatoes and herbs with your hands and season.
• Wet your hands with cold water and knead the mix until it is light and fluffy. Then let it settle in the refrigerator for about an hour.
• Rub your hands with olive oil and form the biftekia so that they are all the same size, but not too thick.
• Grill or bake for 6-8 minutes on each side.

ROMANTIC PEAR DESSERT

Steps:

• Boil the pears with the wine, 4 tbsps of sugar, vanilla extract and lemon slice in 1 l of water for about 30 minutes.
• Leave to cool, then keep in the fridge for about 8 hours (make it in the morning if you are going to serve it at dinner, or the night before if you want to serve it for lunch).
• Then, peel the pears and gently remove the seeds, starting from the bottom. You need pears that still have their stem for best visual results.
• Serve on a white plate, with caramelised sugar and/or black currant sauce.
• To make black currant sauce, heat black currants with sugar in an amount equal to half or all of the currants, according to preference, over medium heat, stirring constantly to mash the fruit, for about 10 mins, or until they reach the consistency of a thick sauce.
• To make caramelised sugar, heat sugar over low heat until it melts and becomes golden brown.

ELEGANT EGGNOG DESSERT

Steps:

• Cut 20 cookies into three (3) 2" sections and set aside. Crush remaining cookies.
• In a small bowl, combine the cookie crumbs with the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.
• Press onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan.
• In large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
• Beat in the eggnog, milk, pudding mixes, rum extract and nutmeg until smooth.
• Fold in the whipping cream (be sure to whip first).
• Pour over crust, cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, or overnight.
• Just before serving, remove sides of pan.
• Arrange reserved cookes around dessert (standing up) and gently press into sides.
• Refrigerate leftovers.
• Cooking time is actually chilling time.

STRAWBERRY PATE DE FRUITS

Steps:

• Line a rimmed 9x12" baking sheet (which is at least 1/4" deep) with parchment paper.
• Puree strawberries in blender until smooth. Transfer to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, stir together pectin powder and 3 tbsp sugar. When puree boils, sprinkle powder over puree and stir until it dissolves; boil 2 minutes.
• Add 1 3/4 c sugar in 3 increments, stirring until it dissolves, then another 15 seconds after each addition.
• Add corn syrup, stir well, then cook 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Off heat, add lemon juice and stir well. Pour into lined baking sheet and spread evenly. Allow to cool 2 hours, until set.
• With a sharp knife, cut into 1" squares. Taking a few pieces at a time, toss in remaining 3 tbsp sugar to coat. Keeps at room temperature in an airtight container up to 1 month.