Stir sugar with vanilla, water (1), white wine and port wine in a frying pan, bring to the boil. Cut out balls from the pears with a small ball cutter, shape into the liquid, simmer with closed lid over medium heat for five minutes until just tender. Remove, cool.
Pour the hot liquid through a sieve back into the frying pan (this will make about four dl of the mixture recommended for four servings).
Add gelatin, stir until melted, cool.
Roughly chop pear scraps for a coulis, bring to a boil with juice of one lemon, sugar and water (2) in a small saucepan, reduce temperature. Cover and simmer over low heat until soft, mash, cool, set aside.
Fill: Mix pear balls with mint, fill into prepared cups. Evenly distribute cooled liquid over pear balls, set aside to cool with lid closed for about Three hours.
Serve: Form sachets from parchment paper, pour in heavy cream, cut away small tip. Spread the pear coulis evenly on a plate, pipe circles of heavy cream on top, and distort with a wooden skewer. Turn out the heads from the cup onto the coulis, remove the foil, decorate with honey and mint.
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