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Pears in port with meringue cream
Photo: Sara Cervera

Pears in port with meringue cream

9 ingredients 35 min + 30 min Serves 8 openrecipes
Pears in port with meringue cream

This festive make-ahead pudding is a great way to use up leftover port (or red wine)

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

219
Calories
1g
Protein
6g
Fat
43g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Meringue 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

  • 600ml port
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 2 cinnamon sticks , halved
  • 8 ripe but firm pears , peeled with the stalk intact
  • 425ml double cream
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 meringues shells, broken into pieces (bought ones are fine)
  • good pinch of cinnamon

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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