Dessert · Season 10

Spiced Poached Pears with Goats Cheese Mousse

Name: Spiced Poached Pears with Goats Cheese Mousse
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup caster sugar; 2 cinnamon quills, broken; 5 star anise; 10 cloves; 8cm piece ginger, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp lemon juice; pinch salt; 4 small, firm pears, peeled and skins reserved for Roasted Pear Skins; 60ml milk; 460ml cream; 125g egg yolks; 150g caster sugar; 145g goats cheese; 6g gold leaf gelatine, softened in cold water, drained; Reserved pear skins from Spiced Poached Pears; 65g soft brown sugar; 50g butter, cubed and softened; 1 tbsp treacle; 1 egg yolk; ½ tsp bi-carb; 1½ tbsp ground ginger; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp ground star anise; 150g self-raising flour; ¼ cup pine nuts; goats cheese and thyme leaves and flowers, to serve

Kristen Sheffield

Contestant · 01 Jul 2018

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Components

Ingredients

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Ingredients

Spiced Poached Pears

1 cupcaster sugar

2cinnamon quills, broken

5star anise

10cloves

8cm pieceginger, roughly chopped

2 tbsplemon juice

pinch salt

4small, firm pears, peeled and skins reserved for Roasted Pear Skins

Goats Cheese Mousse

60mlmilk

460mlcream

125gegg yolks

150gcaster sugar

145ggoats cheese

6ggold leaf gelatine, softened in cold water, drained

Roasted Pear Skins

Reserved pear skins from Spiced Poached Pears

Gingernut Crumble

65gsoft brown sugar

50gbutter, cubed and softened

1 tbsptreacle

1egg yolk

½ tspbi-carb

1½ tbspground ginger

2 tspground cinnamon

2 tspground star anise

150gself-raising flour

¼ cuppine nuts

goats cheese and thyme leaves and flowers, to serve

Method

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MilkGingerCreamButterSaltCinnamonPearPine NutsGelatineStar AniseTreacleGoats CheeseClovesBrown SugarCaster SugarEgg YolkLemon JuiceThymeSelf-raising FlourBicarbonate SodaDessert

Recipe by Kristen Sheffield, Season 10. Originally published by Network 10 on 01 Jul 2018.

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