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Pain perdu (Eggy bread) with poached pears and rhubarb sauce
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Pain perdu (Eggy bread) with poached pears and rhubarb sauce

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 10 openrecipes
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

516
Calories
15g
Protein
25g
Fat
54g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Rhubarb not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 litre/1¾ pint dry rosé wine
  • 400g/14oz caster sugar
  • 10 Williams or Comice pears
  • 6 large free-range eggs
  • 150g/5oz caster sugar
  • 300ml/¼ pint whole milk
  • few drops finest quality vanilla extract
  • dash eau de vie de poire (or calvados
  • 1 day-old uncut white sandwich loaf
  • 175g/6oz unsalted butter
  • 800g/1lb 10oz pink rhubarb
  • 50g/2oz caster sugar
  • 50g/2oz icing sugar
  • fresh mint

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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