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Pear-Lemon Tea Loaf

Be sure to choose firm pears; if they are too soft, the loaf will be gummy.

Courses: Dessert, Vegetarian
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/4 cups 78g / 2.8ozUnbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozWhole-wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlBaking powder
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBaking soda
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1 tablespoon 15mlAnise seeds
3/4 cup 177mlButtermilk
1/4 cup 59mlVegetable oil
2 teaspoons 10mlFreshly-grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlFirm Anjou pears - unpeeled (medium)
1 tablespoon 15mlLemon juice
2 tablespoons 30mlEggs (large)
  = (or equivalent egg substitute)
3/4 cup 148g / 5.2ozSugar

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 9- by 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

In medium bowl, combine both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and anise seeds. In 2-cup measure, combine buttermilk, oil, lemon peel and vanilla. Set both aside. Cut whole pear in half and grate halves coarsely, discarding cores (you should have 1 cup). Transfer to small bowl. Toss with lemon juice. Set aside.

In large bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Beat with electric mixer at high speed until pale and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. With rubber spatula, alternately fold in flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, making 3 flour additions and 2 buttermilk additions. Drain grated pear, then gently fold into mixture. Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.

Bake loaf until light golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50 minutes. If loaf is too brown after 45 minutes, cover lightly with foil for last 5 minutes. Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen edges and turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.

Per Serving: 249 Cal; 5g Prot; 7g Total Fat (1 Sat. Fat); 42g Carb.; 43mg Chol; 203mg Sod.; 3g Fiber.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, September 2001

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