Chocolate Pear Parfait is a healthy, easy to make, simple, fruity dessert. No sugar added!
Delicious Chocolate Pear Parfait
The parfait is a layered dessert served in a clear glass.
I wanted to make a special dessert for new year’s eve and came up with this delicious chocolate pear parfait. It is layerd with fresh pears, dark chocolate, cashew cream and pear paste. I used fresh and dried fruit to bring natural sweetness, dark chocolate to add some crunchiness, and cashew creat to bind everything together.
We had family over the other day so I made this dessert. Everyone loved it so I wanted to share with you the recipe so you can treate your family and friends with a easy and healthy dessert 🙂 I hope this delicious chocolate pear parfait satisfies your sweet tooth!
It’s very simple to make and it takes less than 15 minutes.
Ingredients
Servings: 4
- 3 pears, diced
- 70g dark chocolate, melted in a double boiler
- some cardamom
- some cacao nibs or nuts to garnish
Pear purée:
- 50g dried pear (~5 slices)
- hot water, to cover
Cashew Cream:
- 225g (1½ cups) raw cashews, soaked for about 1h
- 4 dried apricots, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of sea salt
- 240ml (1 cup ) water
To Make
- Place the dried pears in a bowl & fully cover with hot water. Soak for about 30 min. Then place them in a high–speed blender. Blend until smooth, adding just as much of the soaking water as needed to make a thick paste.
- Place the cashews & apricots in a high–speed blender. Add the water along with the vanilla and salt & process until very smooth.
- Transfer to a container, cover & refrigerate until ready to use.
- Assemble the parfait: place a layer of fresh pears in the bottom of a glass & sprinkle with cardamom. Follow with a drizzle of chocolate, & layer of cashew cream. Repeat 1 more time.
- Finish with a layer of the pear purée & a sprinke of cacao nibs or nuts.
- Transfer to the refrigerator & serve chilled.
Notes
- You can play with different fresh & dried fruits, like mangos, raspberries… make your own version 🙂
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