Praliné of mixed nuts over crostino with blue cheese and grilled pears - Chef Sabrina Mancin

Praliné of mixed nuts over crostino with blue cheese and grilled pears

A praliné is a silky smooth cream made of toasted nuts and caramel. It is absolutely decadent and can be used to fill tarts, bonbons, or drizzle over a crostino with blue cheese and grilled pears like in this recipe. Watch my Reel in Instagram to see the procedure.

INGREDIENTS

PRALINE:

• 50g Water
• 250g Sugar
• 25g Vanilla paste*
• 450g Mixed or one type of your favorite nut
• ½ tsp salt

*If you don’t have vanilla paste, substitute for light corn syrup in the caramel and 1 tsp of vanilla extract added when processing in the blender.

CROSTINO

• Blue cheese
• Bartlett pears or any pears in season, otherwise apples are delicious here as well
• Roasted salted pistachios
• Baguette sliced and toasted

PRALINE

  • Preheat your oven to 350F
  • Toast the nuts on a sheet tray for about 8 minutes. Place the sheet tray on a cooling rack and let them cool completely on their sheet tray. Do not transfer until completely cooled.
  • To make the caramel, add the water and sugar into a small pot and bring to a boil. Add the vanilla paste and cook on medium high heat until a thermometer inserted in the middle reads 180C or 356F.
  • Immediately add the toasted nuts and mix well with a silicone spatula until they are all full coated with the caramel.
  • Pour over a silicone mat and spread as evenly as possible. Let them cool completely.
  • Place them in a blender and process until super silky and smooth. This might take a minute or two. This is your praliné.
Praline

ASSEMBLY

  • Roughly chop the pistachios and set them aside.
  • Slice the pears (you can peel them or leave the skin on, your choice) and grill them on each side until small marks appear, you don’t need to char them.
  • Place small pieces of blue cheese on top of each slice of toasted bread and heat or broil in the oven just until they melt.
  • Place a couple of slices of pears on top of the melted cheese and then drizzle some of the praliné on top.

Finish with some of the pistachios and a glass of Port or your favorite wine. Enjoy!

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