The answer to these questions was obtained by playing with
taste memory; and the result was the starting point of a new
concept of desserts. The idea of baked pears with a crunchy
texture was considered to be the surprising motive; further-
more, linking cheese notes to the fruit without adding a piece
of cheese would also contribute to the element of surprise.
Preliminary trial and error essays were carried out with
different pear varieties at different ripening stages. Vacuum
cooking (sous-vide) pear with hazelnut oil was selected as the
cooking technique for this purpose because products are cooked
under controlled conditions of temperature and time inside heat
stable vacuumized pouches. A vacuum
packer VAC-205 (Edesa, Spain) was used to seal the pouches
(PA/90, Combivac, Girona, Spain). The conclusion was that
pears were also sweet and, depending on variety, had also acid
notes, being texture the most interesting attribute about pears.