Chocolate quark slices with pears

Ingredients for 20 servings:

• 1 ¼ kg pear(s), medium-sized
• 1 lemon(s), untreated (peel and juice)
• 125 g margarine
• 75 g sugar
• 125 g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 8 m.-sized eggs
• 90 g flour
• 90 g cornstarch
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100 g raisins
• 1 kg quark (low-fat quark)
• 125 g cream
• 1 ½ packs of pudding powder, vanilla
• 75 g apricot jam

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Peel, halve, and core the pears. Score the tops several times and drizzle with lemon juice. Beat the butter, 75g sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt until creamy. Stir in 4 eggs one at a time. Mix the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and cocoa powder and stir in. Spread the batter into a greased roasting pan. Separate 4 eggs. Mix the egg yolks, 125g sugar, lemon juice, cream, and quark. Stir in the custard powder and raisins. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold in. Spread the quark mixture over the batter and top with the pears. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (175°C fan oven) for 45-55 minutes. Warm the jam and spread it over the pears.