Gingerbread Mousse With Red Wine Glazed Baby Pear And Warm Gingerbread Cookies Recipes

GINGERBREAD MOUSSE WITH RED WINE, GLAZED BABY PEAR, AND WARM GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat.
• Whisk the eggs with the sugar in a bowl. Add the almond paste, vanilla and salt. Fold in the egg whites and the melted butter. Fold in the flour. Spread on baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes.
• Whisk the wine, egg yolks, and sugar in a bowl, and set over a saucepan with gently simmering water. Whisk until the mixture starts to thicken, and then add the bloomed gelatin. Add the gingerbread spice and zest and the melted nougat and chocolate. Add the rum and let cool.
• When the mixture is cool, fold in the whipped cream and fill mousse in pastry domes, covering the bottom of the dome with a layer of biscuit.
• Heat the pear juice, honey, red wine, star anise, cloves, and cinnamon in a saucepan over low heat. Add the pears and poach them in the liquid until tender. Transfer the pears to a board and cut them into slices that can be fanned.;
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon in a bowl. In another bowl, beat the shortening, molasses, sugar, water, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, wrap the dough in plastic, and chill in the refrigerator.
• Drop balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

GINGERBREAD DUTCH BABY WITH POACHED MAPLE PEARS AND CREME FRAICHE

Steps:

• For the creme fraiche topping: Whisk together the creme fraiche, vanilla extract, orange zest and vanilla bean seeds in a small bowl until combined. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight to allow flavors to meld.
• For the poached maple pears: Meanwhile, combine 4 cups water, the sugar, cinnamon sticks, orange peel and vanilla bean in a high-sided medium skillet over high heat. Bring to a boil and cook until sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat to a simmer, add the pears and cook, turning a few times, until a thin-bladed knife meets no resistance, about 20 minutes. Remove the pears to a plate and let cool, then then slice each half in half again.
• Bring the poaching liquid back to a boil and cook until reduced to about 1 1/2 cups. Remove the cinnamon sticks, orange peel and vanilla bean. Add the maple syrup and the poached pears and cook 1 minute longer. Keep warm.
• For the Dutch baby: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the eggs in a blender and blend for 1 to 2 minutes, until smooth and pale in color. Add the flour, milk, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, molasses and salt, and blend until smooth.
• Melt the butter in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet over high heat, swirling it up the sides to evenly coat the pan. Pour the batter into the skillet and immediately transfer to the oven. Bake until the pancake is puffed and browned, and crisp at the edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Dust the Dutch baby with powdered sugar and cut into wedges. Top each wedge with creme fraiche topping, some poached pears and a drizzle of the pear syrup.