Chocolate Mini Buns with Milk Chocolate & Mascarpone Mousse - Chef Luca Ciano

Ingredients

• 450 g bakers flour
• 5 g bread improver
• 5 g cereal flour
• 20 g dark cocoa powder
• 7 g dry yeast
• 1 egg room temperature
• 40 g caster sugar
• 30 g unsalted butter + 30g
• 250 ml water
• Icing sugar, to dust
• 100 g milk chocolate, finely chopped
• 100 g fresh cream, boiling
• 250 g mascarpone cheese
• 80 g icing sugar
• ½ vanilla bean, seeded
• 1 William pear (firm), peeled, cut into 12 wedges
• 20 g unsalted butter
• 20 g caster sugar
• ⅓ cup brandy