Spiced Chocolate Mousse with Pear Puree

January 20, 2010

I made this recipe last year around the time when pear come into season, and today for my niece and nephew. I love the combination chocolate and pear.

This chocolate mousse is spiced with allspice and cinnamon and paired with sweet fruity pear puree. The pear chip tops adds a bit of crunch which is a nice contrast to the smooth and silky mousse and puree.

Spiced Chocolate Mousse with Pear Puree

Mousse

1/2 cup almonds
1 cup water
8 Medjool dates, soaked in water for 2 hours
1/2 cup cacao nib powder
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon lucuma powder

Puree

2 pears, peeled, cored, sliced
2 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Pear chips

1 pear, sliced in half, thinly slice with knife or mandoline

Mousse
Blend the almonds with water in a high-speed blender until liquified. Strain the almond milk, then add the dates and remaining ingredients to the almond milk. Blend until smooth.

Puree
Blend all ingredients in a high speed blender until smooth.

Pear chips
Cut pear in half. Thinly slice with a knife or mandoline. Place pear slices on a mesh dehydrator tray. Dehydrate at 115 degrees for 6 hours, until completely dry and crisp.

Assembly
Pour the chocolate mousse into individual serving dishes filling each half way. Pour pear puree over the mousse filling to the rim of the dish. Garnish with a pear chips.

Serves 2

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Comments

4 Comments so far

Raw.la - Raw Food in The News and Around The Web on January 20, 2010 Wednesday, 11:45 pm
[...] Spiced Chocolate Mousse with Pear Puree [...]
Nicole on January 23, 2010 Saturday, 1:27 pm
Did you say chocolate? You knew you could get me with a title like that : ) This looks delicious! Thanks Ingrid!
Michal on January 24, 2010 Sunday, 7:20 pm
This looks beautiful!
Diana on January 25, 2010 Monday, 6:32 am
this sounds interesting, what is lucuma powder, never heard of that one?

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