This classic French recipe features a poached pear served with vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce like a sundae.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Wait Time1 dayd
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Pears Belle Helene
Servings: 4
Ingredients
TO POACH THE PEARS:
1literwater
2cupssugar
1vanilla bean,split
4Anjou pears,peeled
CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
4ouncesdark sweet chocolate
0.5cupwhipping cream
GARNISH:
1.5cupsFrench vanilla ice cream
0.25cupsliced almonds or hazelnut,to decorate
Fresh mint leaves,to decorate
Instructions
Combine water, sugar and vanilla bean in a large saucepan. Bring to boil for 2 minutes.
Peel the pears but leave the stems attached. Remove the seeds with a melon baller from the bottom. Add pears, reduce heat and cook gently until tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Refrigerate pears in syrup for 24 hours.
Remove vanilla bean from syrup. Boil cream and add thechocolate. Stir continuously until smooth. Remove from heat.
To serve, place a scoop of ice cream in a bowl. Place a pear alongside the ice cream and spoon chocolate sauce over top. Garnish with sliced almonds or hazelnut and a mint leave.