RECIPE

Crust

• Ginger snaps biscuits, crumbled + melted butter

Poached Pear

• 3 pears, peeled

• 1 litre of water

• 1 cup of sugar

• ginger, cinnamon sticks, cloves (optional)

Filling

• 1 cup of ricotta cheese

• 2 cup of cream cheese

• 1 cup of heavy cream

• 1 cup of powdered sugar (adjust depending on the sweetness preference)

• 1tsp of vanilla

• Gelatin

1. Make the crust with the ingredients and chill it in the fridge while making the filling.

2. In a sauce pan, add water, sugar, and any additional flavour/spice of your preference( a piece of fresh ginger, cinnamon sticks, cloves, etc) and bring the mixture to a boil, and add pears and simmer for about 10-15min until tender.

3. For the filling,

   1) whip heavy cream until stiff peaks

   2) beat cream cheese and ricotta cheese with sugar and vanilla

   Fold in whipped cream into the cream cheese, add gelatin, and pour it over the crust. Firm it up in the fridge overnight.