Name: Pears In Puff Pastry (feuilleté De Poires)
Prep time: 1 h 14 min
Cook time: 1 h 14 min
Total time: 1 h 14 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apricot jam; 1 egg, beaten with 1 Tbs. milk; 6 teaspoons marzipan or 6 pitted dates or prunes (optional); 3 pears, with stems intact; 340 grams puff pastry, homemade (see related recipe at left) or purchased; 473 milliliters sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 946 milliliters water; 3 Tbs sweet white wine