"Bob (this one)" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Pandora wrote:
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>> "Bob (this one)" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>>I've made them with pears but you have to pick slightly underripe ones or
>>>they dissolve into mush. I've also made them with apples and pears
>>>together. Also very good.
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>> What does it mean "Underripe". perhaps hard ? I have bought very hard
>> pears
>
> Yes. Non maturo.

Ahhh! ok! they are very green! thank you for having answered me in Italian
language
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>>>>And what kind of bread have you used?
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>>>A white whole wheat bread.
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>> Unleavened or new?
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> American-style white whole wheat bread. Soft bread. I trimmed off the
> crusts.

Have you got a photo of this bread, please? I hope it isn't so soft like
sandwich bread!
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>>>I think I'd like to try this with a streussel topping. It sounds good.
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>> Could you please explain to me what is a streussel?
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> streussel topping
> 75 grams packed brown sugar
> 40 grams all-purpose flour
> 40 grams chopped walnuts
> 30 grams butter, chilled
> Combine brown sugar, flour and walnuts in a bowl. Cut in butter with
> pastry blender or two knives until mixture looks like coarse crumbs.

Ohhhh! very good topping!
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> Another approach to the topping:
> <http://www.grainfields.com/RecipeDatabase/PastryRecipes/Streusel_HoneyTop.htm>
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> For the tarte Tatin, I would cook the apples on the stove in the skillet,
> as the recipe demands, then I would sprinkle this topping on the apples
> and bake in the oven. I would probably make double the amount of topping
> in this recipe to put on the tarte.
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> Pastorio