For the festive season, we worked with pastry chef Guilaume Abrevoir to create these verrines of pears with salted butter caramel and Petit Épeautre du Velay mousse.

Ingredients for 6 verrines

–5 fairly ripe pears
–100 g brown sugar
– 50 g butter

For the salted butter caramel :
– 200 g butter
– 280 g liquid cream
– 400 g sugar
– 2 pinches fleur de sel
– vanilla pod

    For the Petit Épeautre du Velay mousse :

    – 500 ml liquid cream
    – 160 g Petit Épeautre du Velay spelt
    – 45 g sugar
    – 150 g mascarpone

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    Guillaume Abrevoir’s recipe

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    • Start by peeling your pears and cutting them into small pieces.
    • In an a hot pan, pour in the brown sugar and let it melt. Then add the butter.
    • Add the pears to the mixture. Leave to simmer and reserve the m elange.

    To prepare the salted butter caramel :

    • Pour the butter into a saucepan, followed by the sugar. Melt together.
    • Add the cream, then the fleur de sel. Mix well and add the contents of a vanilla pod.
    • Blend until you obtain a light caramel color.
    • Let the mixture cool and add to the chopped pears.
    • Garnish the bottom of your verrines.
    • Leave to cool in the fridge.

    For the Petit Épeautre du Velay mousse :

    • In an oven preheated to 165°C, pour your Petit Épeautre du Velay onto a baking sheet. Let it brown.
    • Meanwhile, pour the cream into a saucepan and add the sugar. Mix well.
    • Once golden, remove the Petit Épeautre from the oven. Pour it into the cream and leave to infuse for a few minutes.
    • Once infused, blend the foam and strain through a chinois.
    • Add the mascarpone and mix well.
    • Remove your verrines from the fridge and top your pears with a little Petit Épeautre du Velay mousse.

    Petit Épeautre du Velay

    This ancestral cereal is grown in the Auvergne at an altitude of over 800 meters, on the Velay high plateaux. Petit Épeautre du Velay is a healthy alternative to pasta and rice. A product of a 100% local production chain, created by Sabarot, Petit Épeautre du Velay is virtuous for the environment and good for your health (it contains all 8 amino acids essential to the body).
    The 10-minute cooking time, obtained by polishing the grain, allows you to consume a healthy product quickly and easily. With its nutty, crunchy taste, you can give free rein to your desires: starter, main course or dessert… In a salad, in soup, as an accompaniment to fish or meat, our Petit Épeautre du Velay invites you to be creative.

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