Chocolate Fondant with Pear Mint Salad

Ingredients

Yield:

Serves 2

• Base

  • 215g Hazelnut Paste
  • 65g Milk Chocolate
  • 65g White Chocolate
  • 160g Feuilletine

• Filling

  • 112g Cream
  • 260g Dark Chocolate
  • 90g Icing Sugar
  • 90g Egg Yolks
  • 75g Softened Butter
  • 90g Warm Water

• Pear Salad

  • 1 Pear
  • 1/2 Vanilla Bean
  • 1/2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • Mint

Preparation

Difficulty:

easy

Time:

30 Minutes

1. Base

   • Melt first three ingredients in sauce pan
   • Add feulletine
   • Spread a thin layer evenly on tray
   • Let set 30 minutes in fridge

2. Filling

   • Boil cream and melt chocolate (this is a ganache)
   • Whip yolks and sugar over bain marie until thick and fluffy
   • Add ganache to mixture
   • Add butter
   • Add water
   • Spread filling over base
   • Chill for 4 hrs in fridge, cut into wedges with hot knife

3. Pear Salad

   • Dice pear
   • Toss with lemon juice, vanilla and chopped mint
4. • Plate a slice of fondant, place pear mint salad beside and garnish with mint sprig
   • Enjoy with a cup of Mint Chocolate Tea (made with Cascade Peppermint tea and cocoa liqueur)