Pear soup with cloves

Ingredients

• 7 large pears
• 2 slices of bread (or a small roll), thinly sliced
• 6 cloves
• 1.7 l water
• 55 g sugar
• Juice of 1 lemon

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Instructions

1. Peel and core the pears and slice them.
2. Put them in a pot with the bread, cloves and water and simmer until very tender, about 25 minutes.
3. Take out the cloves and blend everything into a smooth purée.
4. Put it back on the heat with the sugar and the strained lemon juice, and let it boil for 5-10 minutes.
5. The author serves it with sponge cake. It's good hot and cold.

Nutrition facts

Approximate, per serving (about 468 g). Calculated with data from USDA FoodData Central.