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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 .

262 K 4/5 (27 reviews)

1 hour 50 min. difficulté

Easy

5.45 €

2 glasses

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 2 glasses, you will need:

1 70 ml crème brulée mixture
2 1 Pears
3 1 tablespoon maple syrup
4 70 ml chocolate mousse
5 70 ml Chantilly cream
6 a little powdered cocoa
7 0 lemon

Change these quantities to make:

2 glasses 3 glasses 6 glasses 12 glasses 18 glasses

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 1 hour

All in all: 1 hour 50 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at 16:40, you will finish around : 18:25.Change start time

To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: 17:45.Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

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

Divide 70 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.

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.

Cut 1 Pears into small dice, and pour over juice of 0 lemon.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Put 1 tablespoon maple syrup in a pan on medium heat, add the diced pears.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

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 70 ml chocolate mousse and 70 ml Chantilly cream.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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.

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

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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.

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

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	40 RDI=20 %	260 RDI=30 %	200 RDI=30 %	1,130 RDI=60 %	4,710 RDI: 60 %
Per 100 g	8 RDI=3 %	50 RDI=5 %	40 RDI=6 %	230 RDI=10 %	950 RDI: 10 %
Per glass	20 RDI=8 %	130 RDI=10 %	100 RDI=20 %	560 RDI=30 %	2,360 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 2 glasses : 2.00 €

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Crème brulée mixture

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Chantilly cream

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Chocolate mousse

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Pears

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