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Summary
To show off the layers, use a 12-cup trifle dish, a footed glass bowl measuring about 8 inches across and 5 inches deep.
Ingredients
- 1 750-ml bottle dry white wine
- 2 cups pear juice or pear nectar
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 12 whole green cardamom pods, crushed in resealable plastic bag with mallet
- 4 1-inch-diameter rounds peeled fresh ginger (each about 1/8 inch thick)
- 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
- 5 large firm but ripe Anjou pears (3 to 31/4 pounds), peeled
- 7 ounces high-quality white chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), finely chopped
- 1/3 cup poire Williams (clear pear brandy)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 8- to 8.8-ounce container mascarpone cheese*
- 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
- 3 3-ounce packages soft ladyfingers,** separated
- 2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup minced crystallized ginger
- White chocolate curls
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 468 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 37 g 56.32%
- Saturated Fat: 22 g 111.44%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 110 mg 36.57%
- Sodium: 35 mg 1.47%
- Calcium: 90 mg 8.96%
- Potassium: 133 mg 3.79%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 3.55%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 32 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 3.75%
- Sugar: 29 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Alcohol: 2 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 27.68%
- Vitamin C 4.11%
- Vitamin D 11.34%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat7
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs2
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq