PEARS BISCUIT

INGREDIENTS:
4 or 6 pears
1 cup sugar
Brandy, cognac or other liquor *
Mass of cake or pie baked
Pastry cream
Sugar glass


* If you want to give a 'easter flavour' to your biscuit use eastern liquors like tuica, slivovitz or rakia.

METHOD:
First we will prepare a light syrup with pears. To do this we mix three glasses of water in a pot – for the time being without putting to the fire - which contains a cup of sugar and a teaspoon of brandy or other liquor. Stir until the sugar has dissolved almost completely. We peel the pears - which must be of white, relatively hard flesh - and cut into four sections parallel to the center. Now we put to low fire the mixture of water and sugar. Stir until all the sugar has been dissolved. At that time we incorporate the sections of the pears and we simmer until the pears are soft and half transparent or the liquid has reduced by one third and gained the consistency of the syrup. Leaving aside to cool. On a mass of cake one finger thick distribute the pastry cream. On top of this layer of cream we put the pear halves in syrup, topped the cake with a thin layer of sugar glass. Serve cold or slightly warm.