Gingerbread Mousse With Red Wine, Glazed Baby Pear, And Warm Gingerbread Cookies

Serves: 4

Jewel Boehm

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

58

Spice

55

Sweetness

50

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

200 g

Egg

1 tbsp

Sugar

280 g

Almond Paste

1 tsp

Vanilla

1 pinch

Salt

2 tbsps

Butter (melted)

6 cups

Flour

3 tbsps

White Wine

1 tbsp

Rum

2 tsps

Honey

2 tbsps

Red Wine

1 tbsp

Baking Powder

1 tbsp

Ground Ginger

1 cup

Molasse

1 cup

Water

1

Egg

Directions:

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

2

Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat

3

Whisk the eggs with the sugar in a bowl

4

Add the almond paste, vanilla and salt

5

Fold in the egg whites and the melted butter

6

Fold in the flour

7

Spread on baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes

8

Whisk the wine, egg yolks, and sugar in a bowl, and set over a saucepan with gently simmering water

9

Whisk until the mixture starts to thicken, and then add the bloomed gelatin

10

Add the gingerbread spice and zest and the melted nougat and chocolate

11

Add the rum and let cool

12

When the mixture is cool, fold in the whipped cream and fill mousse in pastry domes, covering the bottom of the dome with a layer of biscuit

13

Heat the pear juice, honey, red wine, star anise, cloves, and cinnamon in a saucepan over low heat

14

Add the pears and poach them in the liquid until tender

15

Transfer the pears to a board and cut them into slices that can be fanned

16

; Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

17

Stir together the flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon in a bowl

18

In another bowl, beat the shortening, molasses, sugar, water, egg, and vanilla until smooth

19

Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, wrap the dough in plastic, and chill in the refrigerator

20

Drop balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes