Pear Vanilla Gratin

Ingredients

• 1 Vanilla bean
• 500 ml milk (3.5 % fat)
• 4 egg yolks
• 75 g coconut palm sugar
• 2 tbsp Whole wheat flour
• 1 tbsp Cornstarch
• 2 ripe firm pears
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1.

   Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Add the seeds and the bean to the milk and bring to a boil. Then remove from heat and let it cool slightly.

2. 2.

   Whisk the egg yolks with sugar in a bowl until very creamy. Sift flour and cornstarch over and mix in. Slowly pour the warm milk into the yolk mixture in a thin stream, stirring constantly. Immediately return everything to the pot, then remove the vanilla bean and whisk the custard over low heat until it thickens. Fill oven‑proof ramekins with the vanilla custard.

3. 3.

   Wash the pears, halve them, core them, cut into wedges, and drizzle with lemon juice. Distribute the pear wedges over the custard in the ramekins and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan; gas: level 3) for about 15 minutes. Serve hot.