Poached Seckel Pear with Pomegranate, Cabrales Cheese, and Szechuan Pepper Ice Cream Recipe | Epicur

Poached Seckel Pear with Pomegranate, Cabrales Cheese, and Szechuan Pepper Ice Cream Recipe | Epicur

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Here's another dessert that was inspired by a wine-tasting dinner. It's often hard to come up with a dessert that pairs well with wine, but this savory-sweet dessert does. At its center is a Seckel...

Keywords

  • fruit dessert
  • ice cream
  • pear
  • sichuan peppercorn
  • pomegranate
  • almond flour
  • cheese
  • dinner
  • poach
  • stand mixer
  • ice cream machine
  • fall
  • cookbooks
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Ingredients

  • 3 cups (750 g/26.4 oz) whole milk
  • 1 cup plus 1 Tbsp (250 g/8.8 oz) heavy cream
  • 3 Tbsp plus 1 tsp (20 g/0.7 oz) Szechuan peppercorns
  • 8 1/2 large (160 g/5.6 oz) egg yolks
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp (180 g/6.3 oz) granulated sugar
  • 4 cups (1 kg/2.2 lb) pomegranate juice
  • 3 to 5 turns freshly ground black pepper
  • 8 Seckel pears, peeled (you will core them after they are poached)
  • 2 cups (500 g/17.6 oz) poaching liquid from Poached Pears with Pomegranate
  • 8 3/4 Tbsp (125 g/4.4 oz) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp (125 g/4.4 oz) granulated sugar
  • 1 1/3 cups (125 g/4.4 oz) almond flour
  • 2 large (100 g/3.5 oz) eggs
  • 1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp (10 g/0.35 oz) all-purpose flour
  • 4 oz (113 g) Cabrales cheese, cut into eight 1/2-inch-thick slices
  • ice cream machine; pepper mill; 9-inch square baking pan; 2-inch-long by 1-inchwide diamond-shaped pastry cutter

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