Pear Charlotte
Ingredients:
(serves 6)
1kg pears
1kg large-sized bread
100g butter
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 lemon peel
2 tablespoons of
apricot jam
Cut the pears into
quarters and dip them in the butter, which has been mixed with the
sugar and lemon. Cook them over a high flame, stirring continuously.
Cut the bread into slices of the same size and dip them in the melted
butter.
Completely cover
the base and the sides of a mould evenly with some of these slices.
Combine the pears with the jam, mix together and pour it into the
mould. Cook it for half an hour in a hot oven and take it out when it
is warm.