Soft pear and amaretti cake

Soft, fragrant and perfect for any occasion: the soft pear and amaretti cake è un dolce che unisce la dolcezza della frutta con l’aroma inconfondibile degli amaretti di Mombaruzzo. Da gustare a colazione, a merenda o come dessert di fine pasto accompagnato da un bicchiere di Moscato.

Ingredients (24 cm mould)

• 3 ripe but firm pears
• 200 g soft macaroons from Mombaruzzo
• 200 g 00 flour
• 150 g sugar
• 100 g melted butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 sachet of baking powder
• 1 glass of whole milk
• icing sugar to taste.

Procedure

1. Coarsely crumble soft macaroons.
2. Beat the eggs with the sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add the melted butter, sifted flour with baking powder and milk. Mix well.
4. Incorpora metà degli amaretti sbriciolati nell’impasto.
5. Pour the mixture into the buttered and floured mould.
6. Peel the pears, slice them and arrange them in rays on the surface.
7. Sprinkle with the remaining crumbled macaroons.
8. Cuoci a 180°C per circa 40 minuti.
9. Once cold, dust with icing sugar.

A rustic yet refined cake that conquers with its fragrance and softness.