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Pears Belle Helene

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Kathleen Morrison

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4 servings

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Ingredients:

1 qt. water
4 oz. dark sweet chocolate
2-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 vanilla bean, split
French vanilla ice cream
4 pears, peeled

Directions:

Combine water,sugar and vanilla bean in large sauce pan and bring to boil. Add pears, reduce heat and cook gently until tender; 30 minutes. Refrigerate pears and syrup for 24 hours. Remove vanilla bean from syrup. Melt chocolate in heavy pan over low heat, stirring frequently untilsmooth and glossy. Scrape vanilla bean pulp into chocolate. Add creamand bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. To serve, place scoop of ice cream in bowl. Place pear alongside ice cream and spoon chocolate sauce over top.

 
 
 

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