Poire Belle Hélène

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 4 Poacheds pears
• 2 400 g Vanilla ice cream
• 3 400 ml Chocolate sauce
• Total weight: 800 grams

Times:

Preparation
20 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Drain 4 Poacheds pears and slice them.
• 2: Put 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream into each dish.
• 3: Arrange a sliced pear on top.
• 4: Pour the hot chocolate sauce over and serve immediately.

Remarks

You can scatter a few toasted flaked almonds over the chocolate if you like, but this is not essential.
Many recipes leave the pears whole with the stalk still on. This is certainly more attractive, but less enjoyable to eat. That is why the pears are sliced in this version.
The recipe was invented by Auguste Escoffier in the nineteenth century in honour of the eponymous musical work by Jacques Offenbach.

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