Pear mousse recipe

Phil Thompson
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Pear mousse recipe

A divine pear and Roquefort mousse from Michelin starred chef Phil Thompson, which successfully teases the taste buds with its sweet and savoury aspect.

At a glance
  • Cuisine French
  • Recipe Type Dessert
  • Difficulty Hard
  • Preparation time 5 mins
  • Cooking time 15 mins
  • Serves 4 people
Ingredients
  • 2 Pears - Poached pear
  • 250 g (8.8oz) White Wine - Poached pear
  • 1 Lemon Zest - Poached pear
  • 1 Vanilla Pod - Poached pear
  • 50 g (1.8oz) Sugar - Poached pear
  • 0.5 Cinnamon Stick - Poached pear
  • 75 g (2.6oz) White Chocolate - Roquefort mousse
  • 200 g (7.1oz) Double cream - Roquefort mousse
  • 50 g (1.8oz) Roquefort - Roquefort mousse

Step-by-step

  1. Bring the poached pear ingredients to the boil and burn off the alcohol. Cook for approx. a further 10 - 15 minutes - till pear softens Allow to cool
  2. Melt the white chocolate. Semi-whip the cream. Whisk half of the cream into the chocolate and melt in the Roquefort Fold in the rest of the cream and allow to set in the fridge.
  3. To serve: Layer tempered chocolate using the pear, dice to build height. Melt a little chocolate and split with olive oil for the plate Quenelle the mousse onto the top layer, then serve.

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