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Poire Belle Hélène

Name: Poire Belle Hélène
Prep time: 16 min
Total time: 16 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 poacheds pears; 400 g vanilla ice cream; 400 ml chocolate sauce

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.

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Duration

20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 22^th 2023

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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 for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

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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.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	33 g RDI=38 %	175 g RDI=49 %	115 g RDI=117 %	270 kcal RDI=10 %	1,130 kJ RDI=10 %
Per person	67 g RDI=76 %	351 g RDI=98 %	231 g RDI=233 %	540 kcal RDI=20 %	2,261 kJ RDI=20 %
Whole recipe	268 g RDI=305 %	1,404 g RDI=392 %	924 g RDI=933 %	2,160 kcal RDI=80 %	9,043 kJ RDI=80 %