Pears with chocolate-mint mousse

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 125 g Whipped cream
  • 1/2 package (100 g) Chocolate Mint bars
  • 2-3 (approx. 500 g) Pears
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Sugar
  • 1/2 Cinnamon stick
  • 2 TEASPOONS Cornstarch
  • 7-10 Tbsp Mint leaves and chocolate flakes

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat the cream. Melt the chocolate mint bars, except for 2 pieces, while stirring over a mild heat and bring to the boil briefly. Let it cool down. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight in the refrigerator.

  2. 2

    Peel, wash, quarter and core the pears. Cut the pears into cubes. Boil up with 150 ml water, sugar, lemon peel and cinnamon. Simmer covered for about 3 minutes

  3. 3

    Stir starch and 3 tablespoons of water until smooth. Stir into the pears and bring to the boil briefly. Let the compote cool down. Remove lemon peel and cinnamon

  4. 4

    Whip the chocolate mint cream until creamy with the hand mixer. Distribute alternately with the pears in 4 dessert bowls. Cut the remaining bars diagonally in half. Decorate the mousse with the bars and possibly with mint leaves and chocolate shavings

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
290 kcal
CARBS
46 g
FATS
13 g
PROTEINS
1 g

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