White Chocolate Tiramisu Trifle With Spiced Pears

• Spiced Pears
• 1 750-ml bottle dry white wine
• 1 cup pear juice or pear nectar
• 11/4 cups sugar
• 12 whole green cardamom pods, crushed in resealable plastic bag with a mallet
• 4 1-inch-diameter rounds peeled fresh ginger (each about 1/8 inch thick)
• 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
• 5 large firm but ripe Anjou pears, peeled
• White Chocolate Mascarpone
• Mousse
• 7 ounces high quality white chocolate, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup poire William(clear pear brandy)
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 1 8 to 8.8-ounce container mascarpone cheese
• 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
• Trifle Assembly
• 3 3-ounce packages soft lady fingers, separated
• 2 cups chilled heavy whipping crea1/4 cup minced crystallized ginger
• White chocolate curls
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

1. Spiced Pears
2. Combine first 6 ingredients in a large saucepan. Stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Add pears and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until pears are just tender when pierced with a knife about 35 minutes. Transfer liquid with pears to large bowl and refrigerate , about 3 hours
3. Using slotted spoon transfer pears to plate. Boil poaching liquid in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat reduced to a generous 11/2 cups, about 15 minutes. Strain into a 2-cup measuring cup; . Cool, cover and chill pears and syrup until cold
4. Mousse
5. Combine white chocolate, pear brandy and 1/4 cup water in top of a double boiler set over simmering water. Stir until smooth Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; Transfer white chocolate mixture to large bowl; gradually add mascarpone, whisking until mixture is smooth. Cool mixture until barely lukewarm
6. Using electric mixer, beat 1 cup cream in a medium bowl until peaks form. Fold whipped cream into mascarpone mixture in 4 additions. Cover and chill about 3 hours

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