Vegan Hazelnut Mousse 2.0
Ingredients
Mousse
- 150 g hazelnuts
- 8 tbsp cacao unsweetened (35 g)
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 dl plantbased whipping cream e.g. made of soya or oatmeal - must be whiskable!
Caramelized pear
- 3 small pears
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp plant-based butter
Instructions
Mousse
- Toast the hazelnuts in the oven at 175° C for 10 min until the shells have darkened
- Wrap the hazelnuts in a towel and rub till the shells of the hazelnuts has fallen off the nuts
- Blend the hazelnuts until they turn into butter (this might take some time)
- Add cocoa, honey, and ½ dl of the cream to the hazelnut butter and blend until it has an even consistency
- Whip the rest of the cream till it is stiff
- Carefully add the hazelnut mass to the cream and mix until the mousse has a uniform consistency
- Pour the mousse into small glasses
- Let the mousse sit for 30 min in the fridge before serving
- Garnish the mousses with fruit and caramelized pears
Caramelized pear
- Rinse the pears and cut them into thin pieces
- Mix sugar and butter and heat it on a pan while mixing constantly
- Lay the pear pieces in the butter/sugar when it has melted
- Turn the pieces over after a couple of minuts when the pears look golden
- Remove the pears from the heat after another couple of minuts and let them rest on a piece of baking paper
- Decorate the mousse with the cold pears