Buttermilk Gelée with Pear

Ingredients

• 6 sheets white gelatin
• 1 untreated lemon
• 400 ml Buttermilk
• 100 ml whipping cream
• 5 tbsp pear concentrate
• 2 ripe pears
• mint (for garnish)
• powdered sugar (to dust)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Soak the gelatin in cold water. Wash the lemon hot and pat dry. Strip the zest from the peel, then juice the lemon. Warm the buttermilk and stir in the squeezed gelatin until dissolved. Add half of the lemon juice, 4 tbsp pear concentrate, and half of the zest. Whisk over a cold water bath. Beat the cream stiff and fold into the buttermilk before it begins to set. Pour the mixture into chilled molds and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

2. 2.

   Meanwhile peel the pears, cut them into quarters, and remove the core. Combine with the remaining lemon juice and pear concentrate in a sealed pot, bring briefly to a boil, then set aside to cool.