# Pear Petit Gateau

A pear-shaped petit gateau with a spiced honey pear center, creamy vanilla mousse, coated in a glossy chocolate shell with an edible chocolate stem, all elegantly placed on a rich crunchy chocolate hazelnut tart.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 123 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 ripe pears, peeled and cored and diced very small
- 100 g butter
- 150 g honey
- 50 g sugar
- 1 vanilla pod, split
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 150 g white chocolate
- 4 g powdered gelatin
- 30 ml cold water
- 250 ml heavy cream
- 100 ml whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300 g white chocolate
- 50 g cocoa butter
- 1 Green, yellow, and red liposoluble food dyes
- 200 g plain flour
- 20 g cocoa powder
- 100 g butter
- 50 g sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 150 g dark chocolate
- 150 ml cream
- 50 g roasted hazelnuts, chopped

## Instructions

1. Prepare the spiced honey pear center by mixing diced pears, butter, honey, sugar, vanilla pod, and cinnamon stick.
2. Make the vanilla mousse by combining white chocolate, powdered gelatin, cold water, heavy cream, whole milk, and vanilla extract.
3. Prepare the chocolate coating by melting white chocolate and cocoa butter, and adding green, yellow, and red food dyes to achieve desired color.
4. Make the chocolate hazelnut tart base by mixing plain flour, cocoa powder, butter, sugar, egg yolk, and cold water.
5. Prepare the ganache filling by combining dark chocolate, cream, and chopped roasted hazelnuts.
6. Assemble the petit gateau by layering the tart base, ganache filling, pear center, and vanilla mousse.
7. Coat the assembled petit gateau with the white chocolate coating and add a chocolate stem.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- stand mixer
- saucepan
- baking pan
- pastry bag
- rolling pin
- cookie cutter
- food dye
- brush

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/_mdrPzuZt
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e8cb8ec2-2c95-463c-a14e-5e20c318fec4
- Extracted: 2025-02-21

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