5 from 3 votes
Poire Belle Helene
How to make a classic French dessert: Poire Belle Helene.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings:
4
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
Pears
- 4 pear peeled
- 100 gms confectioners sugar 3.5 oz., aka icing sugar
- lemon juice of ½ lemon
- 1 vanilla pod open and scraped
- 1 water 4 cups
Sauce and Decoration
- 100 gms dark chocolate 3.5 oz
- 80 ml heavy cream 1/3 cup
- 50 gms almonds toasted, sliced, 1/3 cup
- vanilla ice cream to serve, sweetened, and/or
- Whipped Cream to serve, sweetened, and/or