Bring 175 g cream to the boil in a saucepan and set aside. Coarsely chop the nougat and chocolate coating and melt in the hot cream. Let it cool down to room temperature
Finely chop the pine nuts. Remove the leaves from the thyme. Melt the icing sugar in a frying pan until light yellow and caramelise the pine nuts. Mix in the thyme leaves and salt. Put the caramel mixture on a piece of baking paper, place a second layer of baking paper on top and roll flat with a pastry roll. Leave to cool completely
Whip 200 g cream until stiff and fold into the nougat cream. Pour the mixture into a bowl and chill for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight
Peel and slice the mandarins and arrange them on 6 plates. Break the pine nut brittle roughly. Cut the nougat mousse into dumplings with 2 slightly moistened tablespoons, arrange on the mandarins and decorate with brittle