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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 .

257 K 4/5 (27 reviews)

1 hour 50 min. difficulté

Easy

5.45 €

6 glasses

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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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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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 1 hour

All in all: 1 hour 50 min.

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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 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.

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

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Put 4 tablespoons 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 200 ml chocolate mousse and 200 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	120 RDI=40 %	750 RDI=50 %	570 RDI=60 %	3,200 RDI=120 %	13,390 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	8 RDI=2 %	50 RDI=4 %	40 RDI=4 %	220 RDI=8 %	930 RDI: 8 %
Per glass	20 RDI=6 %	130 RDI=9 %	90 RDI=10 %	530 RDI=20 %	2,230 RDI: 20 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,700 k-calories (or 11,300 k-joules) per day for a man Change to a woman

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 6 glasses : 5.45 €

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Chocolate mousse

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Crème brulée mixture

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Chantilly cream

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Pears

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