1,464 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

Poire Belle Hélène

Poire Belle Hélène is a fairly simple cold dessert. The pears are poached in a vanilla-flavoured syrup, then served on top of vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate sauce poured over.

76 K 4.7/5 (23 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

4.45 €

4 people

3 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 22^th 2023

For this recipe: I want to make it (283×) I made it (235×) Send to a friend Ask a question Follow Printable Diaporama Vidéo

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

Change to the quantities for:

2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

Change measures:

Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 20 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time

To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Drain 4 Poacheds pears and slice them.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Put 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream into each dish.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Arrange a sliced pear on top.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

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.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

Source: Based on a recipe by Auguste Escoffier.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	270 RDI=100 %	1,400 RDI=130 %	920 RDI=140 %	7,990 RDI=400 %	33,460 RDI: 400 %
Per 100 g	30 RDI=10 %	180 RDI=20 %	120 RDI=20 %	1,000 RDI=50 %	4,180 RDI: 50 %
Per person	70 RDI=30 %	350 RDI=30 %	230 RDI=40 %	2,000 RDI=100 %	8,370 RDI: 100 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.45 €
Per person : 1.15 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

Vanilla ice cream

You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Profiteroles, Baked Alaska, Ice-cream Vacherin, Little caramelized peach tarts, Peach Melba, ... See them all 5

Chocolate sauce

You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Like Bounty, Profiteroles, ... See them all 2

Poached pears

You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte Bourdaloue, Pear verbena tarts, Pear and strawberry verrine with tiramisu cream, Fresh fruit in sabayon, Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, ... See them all 5

Other recipes you may also like

Chestnut cake

This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
May 8^th 2020331 K5 1 hour 15 min.

Epiphany galette

Here is the recipe for the very classic but delicious "galette des rois" (Epiphany galette) in puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) with almond cream or frangipane . You will also see some professional tips to easily handle the dough, and obtain a nice and regular galette.
January 6^th 2021284 K 24.5 3 hours 8 min.

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.