Pears Belle Helene (Cinnamon Poached Pears In A Vanilla Ice-Cream And Drape With Chocolate Sauce)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 whole cloves
• 6 pears, peeled and cored
• 6 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup callebaut chocolate
• 6 strawberries, fanned

Directions:

1. Combine the sugar, cinnamon, and cloves in a large pan with 3 cups water, stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves, then bring the syrup to a boil.
2. Add the pears and simmer for 10 minutes, or until tender
3. Remove the pears with a slotted spoon and leave to cool
4. Place the chocolate in a bowl and over a double boiler until melted, blend
5. Put a scoop of ice cream in each serving bowl and make a hollow in each scoop with the back of the spoon. Stand the pears in the hollow and drizzle chocolate sauce over
6. Garnish with a fanned strawberry. To make a fanned strawberry simply make slices through the strawberry 1/8 of an inch across and 3/4 of the way down the berry. Press with your thumb across the top of the berry to fan

6 servings