Poire D'Eve

Ingredients

• 4 small pears, forelles or seckels, skinned, cored and left whole
• 3 cups of water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 star anise
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• one whole nutmeg
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 4 cloves
• 5 oz (150 gr) milk chocolate
• 4 tablespoons (55 gr) butter
• 1 cup (30 gr) corn flakes
• 2 oz (60 gr) toasted and skinned hazelnuts
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tb water
• 2 tb salted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup heavy cream, divided
• 4 poached pears, chopped in small dices
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup (50 gr) sugar
• 1 cup (250 ml) whole milk
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 1 tb powdered gelatin, sprinkled over 3 tb water
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup reserved poaching syrup
• 1 1/2 teaspoon gelatin, sprinkled over 1 tablespoon water