Ginger-stuffed pears with chocolate mousse cream
5
Points®
Total time: 30 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Ginger provides zing, orange juice provides zest and the pears provide sweetness – you’ll savour every mouthful of this sublime dessert
Ingredients
Pear(s)
2 medium, halved, stem on
Crystallised ginger
20 g, finely chopped
Ginger biscuits
2 individual, chopped
Orange(s)
2 medium, halved
Low fat chocolate mousse
124 g, (2 x 62g)
Light cream
2 tbs
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 220°C or 200°C fan-forced. Using a spoon, gently scoop cores from each pear, creating a small hollow in the centre. Arrange pears, cut-side up, in a medium baking dish (trim the bases so they sit flat, if required).
2
Combine ginger and biscuit in a small bowl. Spoon biscuit mixture into each pear hollow. Place orange wedges, cut-side up, in dish with pears. Cover dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes or until pears are tender.
3
Meanwhile, place Nestlé® Soleil Chocolate Mousse and cream in a small bowl. Mix well to combine. Place pears on serving plates. Using tongs, squeeze juice from baked oranges over pears. Serve with chocolate mousse cream.
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