SPICED CHRISTMAS PEARS
WITH VEGAN MOCHA CREAM AND HAZELNUTS

by Érica Gonçalves

 

 

SPICED CHRISTMAS PEARS
WITH VEGAN MOCHA CREAM
AND HAZELNUTS

by Érica Gonçalves

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Spiced Christmas pears with vegan mocha cream and hazelnuts

Course Dessert
Cuisine Macrobiotic
Keyword christmas, pears, spiced

Ingredients

Spiced pears:

  • 4 pears
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise pod
  • 2 clove pods
  • 1 cardamom pod
  • 1 teasp powdered ginger and turmeric
  • 1 orange peel
  • pinch of sea salt

Mocha vegan Cream:

  • 8 - 10 tbsp brown rice amazake (1/2 jar)
  • 4 tbsp grain coffee (I use Yannoh) to taste
  • 1 teasp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • ½ teasp tamari or a pinch of sea salt

Toppings:

  • Toasted hazelnuts
  • Cinnamon or cocoa powder

Instructions

  • Peel the pears, put them in a pan covered with water (1 or 2 cm high), add the spices, orange peel and a pinch of sea salt. Cover and bring to a boil.
  • Meanwhile, prepare the cream by gradually adding the grain coffee powder to the amazake, and mix well. Add the vanilla, maple syrup, shoyu or salt and mix again.
  • Pour the sauce over cooked pears. Serve with toasted hazelnuts and cinnamon or cocoa powder.
  • Enjoy!