Pears filled with chestnut cream

Name: Pears filled with chestnut cream
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: 720 g ripe but firm pears (4); 150 g cooked, peeled chestnuts; 103 g apple juice; 2 g cinnamon; 15 g lemon juice (half a lemon); 20 g buckwheat groats

In short: Raw pear halves filled with chestnut cream, apple juice and cinnamon. Toasted buckwheat on top. Ready in a quarter of an hour.

Serves: 4. 20 minutes.

Pera, Castagna, Grano saraceno

Ingredients

720 g ripe but firm pears (4)
150 g cooked, peeled chestnuts
103 g apple juice
2 g cinnamon
15 g lemon juice (half a lemon)
20 g buckwheat groats

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Updated on 25 October 2026