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Belle-helene in a glass

It's a recipe where you make 4 layers of different creams in a small glass: vanilla cream, small dice of pear cooked in maple syrup, chocolate mousse and whipped cream. It should be served to your guests cool but not too cold .

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 6 glasses, you will need:

1 200 ml crème brulée mixture
2 4 Pears
3 4 tablespoons maple syrup
4 200 ml Chocolate mousse
5 200 ml Chantilly cream
6 a little powdered cocoa
7 ½ lemon
Total weight: 1,445 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
47 min.	1 hour	1 hour 47 min.

Keeping:

Several hours in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #1

Preheat oven to 150°C or 302°F, and boil a large pan of water. Put glasses in a dish or baking sheet.

Divide 200 ml crème brulée mixture (cold) between glasses, to about ¼ depth. Try to pour cream directly into the bottom of each glass without touching the sides, to prevent splashes burning on during cooking.

Stage 2 - 50 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #2

Put in the oven, and add hot water to the dish. Cook for about 50 minutes, until cream is just set.

Remove glasses from water and leave for 2 hours to cool to room temperature, then put in the fridge.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #3

Cut 4 Pears into small dice, and pour over juice of ½ lemon.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #4

Put 4 tablespoons maple syrup in a pan on medium heat, add the diced pears.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #5

Cook on medium heat until all liquid has evaporated. You can cook it a little longer if you like a caramelised flavour. Leave to cool as for the cream.

Prepare 200 ml Chocolate mousse and 200 ml Chantilly cream.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #6

Begin assembly:

Add a tablespoon of cold diced pears to each glass, to about the same depth as the bottom layer.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #7

On the pears, add the same depth of chocolate mousse (using a teaspoon or a forcing bag).

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Belle-helene in a glass : Photo of step #8

On the chocolate, add a layer of whipped cream, again using a forcing bag.

Sprinkle with a pinch of cocoa powder to finish.

Remarks

This dessert can easily be prepared the day before, and be kept in the fridge until serving. Even so, I advise you to prepare and add the final layer of whipped cream the last minute if possible.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 glasses : 11.94 €

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Source

Home made

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	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Peach Melba, Strawberry Charlotte, Chouquettes, Strawberry Verveine Tart , Rum babas, ... All
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