Meringued Pears

Ingredients

• 6 large pears
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 3 egg-whites
• 34 cup powdered sugar
• Candied ginger
• Grated lemon-rind
• Add three or four tablespoons of water

Method

1. 1

   Pare and core the pears, place them in a baking-dish and fill the centers with one tablespoon sugar, a little grated lemon-rind or candied ginger.

2. 2

   Add three or four tablespoons of water and bake until tender.

3. 3

   Cover them with a meringue made with the stiffly beaten whites of eggs and the sugar.

4. 4

   Brown quickly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MERINGUED PEARS 6 large pears Candied ginger 6 tablespoons sugar 3 egg-whites Grated lemon-rind 34 cup powdered sugar Pare and core the pears, place them in a baking-dish and fill the centers with one tablespoon sugar, a little grated lemon-rind or candied ginger. Add three or four tablespoons of water

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