Poires Belle-helene

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 8 large bosc pears, although any pear will do
• 1/2 gallon chocolate raspberry ice cream or 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
• 2 tablespoons somebody's mother's chocolate syrup

Recipe

• 1 poach pears and allow to cool. cut them in half, core them and leave the stems intact.
• 2 for serving, scoop ice cream into a large bowl or large wine or brandy glass. place one pear half (artfully) on top of the ice cream scoop. top with warm somebody's mother's chocolate sauce.