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Pear charlotte

A charlotte filled with pear mousse (made with whipped cream and pear coulis).

86,1094.2/5 for 19 ratings

Last modified on: April 7^th 2013

For 6 people, you will need:

1 4 sheets gelatin
2 500 g Pears
3 1 lemon
4 2 pinches vitamin C (optional)
5 50 g caster sugar
6 200 ml Sugar syrup
7 2 tablespoons pear eau-de-vie
8 20 Finger biscuits
9 200 ml Chantilly cream
Total weight: 1,518 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
12 hours 54 min.	1 hour	5 min.	13 hours 59 min.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Put 4 sheets gelatin to soak in cold water.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Peel the pears and cut into 4 lengthways. Remove and discard the core, then cut the quarters into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Blend the pears with the juice of 1/2 a lemon, 2 pinches vitamin C and 50 g caster sugar.

You should normally get 400 grams of coulis for 1 charlotte.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Pour this pear coulis into a pan on medium heat.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Heat the coulis (no need for it to boil, 122°F or 50°C is hot enough) and add the softened sheets of gelatin.

Whisk to mix thoroughly.

Cool the coulis by standing the pan in cold water, stirring frequently.

Stage 6 - 1 hour

Once the coulis has cooled to room temperature, cover with plastic film, which should touch the coulis surface to prevent oxidation. Leave to wait in the fridge.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

While the pear coulis is cooling, begin assembling the charlotte. Line the bottom of the mould with plastic film to make turning out easier.

Stage 8

Prepare the soaking syrup by mixing 200 ml Sugar syrup, 2 tablespoons pear eau-de-vie and the juice of half a lemon.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Soak the biscuits in the syrup and cover the bottom of the mould.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Then line around the sides.

Stage 11

Check the texture of the pear coulis, which should be thickening and turning pasty.

Stage 12 - 5 min.

Prepare 200 ml Chantilly cream.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

Add the same weight of pear coulis.

Stage 14 - 5 min.

Fold this in using a soft spatula to make the pear mousse.

Stage 15 - 5 min.

Fill the charlotte with half of the pear mousse.

Stage 16 - 3 min.

Add a layer of pear coulis about 1/2 cm (1/4 inch) thick.

Stage 17 - 5 min.

Finish filling with the rest of the pear mousse.

Cover with plastic film and leave overnight in the fridge.

Stage 18 - 12 hours

Turn out shortly before serving and slice vertically.

Remarks

To simplify things, you can miss out the layer of coulis in the middle of the charlotte and simply fill it with the mousse.

You can use this basic method to make charlottes with other fruits, but do be aware that certain fruits can cause problems.

You can use pear juice instead of the sugar syrup.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,786 Kcal or 11,664 Kj	49 gr	440 gr	83 gr
139 %	19 %	41 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
184 Kcal or 770 Kj	3 gr	29 gr	5 gr
9 %	1 %	3 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
464 Kcal or 1,943 Kj	8 gr	73 gr	14 gr
23 %	3 %	7 %	2 %

% 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 people : 4.88 €
Per person : 0.81 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Poire Belle Hélène, Belle-helene in a glass, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Pear compote , ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Strawberry Verveine Tart , Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Cranachan, Peach Melba, ... All
	Sugar syrup: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Toasted flaked almonds, Peach and mint salad , Strawberry Charlotte, Melon with port sorbet, Pear sorbet, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Bonnevaux apple tart, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Cranachan, Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, ... All

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