Warm Red Wine Pear with Roquefort Ricotta Cheese Filling & Mixed Berries Sorbet
by Ling
@ 23 Oct 2013
Ingredients
Warm Red Wine Pear
400ml red wine
400ml water
50ml lemon juice
230g sugar
24g juice binder
3 cinnamon sticks
1 clove
4 pears, peeled, halved and cored
Roquefort Ricotta Cheese Filling
100g roquefort cheese
100g ricotta cheese
2 egg yolks
20g sugar
1 egg white
Crumble, roquefort cubes and mixed berries sorbet, for serving
Mixed berries wine jelly and mixed berries microwave sponge, for garnishing
Preparation
For the warm red wine pear: Place all the ingredients except the pears into a saucepan and heat the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat, add in the pears and poach until pears are tender. Remove the poached pears from the saucepan and set aside to cool.
For the roquefort ricotta cheese filling: Whisk the roquefort cheese, ricotta cheese and egg yolks in a mixing bowl until smooth. Set aside. Whip the sugar and egg white in another mixing bowl until soft peak form. Fold the whisked sugar and whipped egg white mixture into the cheese mixture. Set aside.
Fill the warm red wine pear with the roquefort ricotta cheese filling and top with the crumble and Roquefort cubes and place onto a baking pan. Place the baking pan into a preheated oven at 130°C and bake the pears for about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove baked pears from the oven and place onto the centre of each serving plate.
Serve with the mixed berries sorbet. Garnish with the mixed berries wine jelly and mixed berries microwave
sponge.
Serves 4
