Upside-down








Upside-down pear cake
Toasted pear meringue
spICEcream on cardamom crumbs.

Pear meringue recipe:

137g Pear poaching liquor
14g Powdered egg whites
Combine and leat sit for 10 minutes at room temp
160g castor sugar
160g maltodextrin
160g pear poaching liquor
combine and bring to 110c
Start whisking pear whites until soft peaks and bring syrup to 115 then slowly pour onto whites. Keep whisking until cool.

The spicecream (lovin' the wordplay) is plain old vanilla with the addition of the following spices:
Szechuan pepper
Black pepper
Fennel
Cinnamon
Clove
Powdered Ginger
Coffee

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