Name: Pear and Milk Chocolate Petits Fours
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 3 ½ oz. (100 g) milk chocolate, 40 percent cocoa; ½ vanilla bean; 1 ½ tablespoons (1 oz./30 g) glucose syrup; ¼ cup (1 ¾ oz./50 g) granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons (40 ml) water; 9 ⅓ oz. (265 g) white chocolate, 35 percent cocoa; 2 sheets (4 g) gelatin; ¾ cup (175 ml) whipping cream; 1 sheet (2 g) gelatin; 2 ½ tablespoons (1 oz./30 g) granulated sugar; 2 egg yolks; 1 cup (250 ml) whipping cream, divided: 3 ½ tablespoons (50 ml) plus 1 cup minus 3 tablespoons (200 ml); Juice of ½ lemon; A little granulated sugar; 1 pear; 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons (25 ml) grape-seed oil; 1 stick (4 oz./120 g) butter, room temperature; Cake flour, divided: ⅔ cup (2 oz./60 g) plus 2 cups (6 ⅓ oz./180 g); 1 egg; 3 tablespoons (½ oz./15 g) ground blanched* almonds; Scant ½ teaspoon (2 g) salt; ⅔ cup (3 oz./90 g) confectioners’ sugar