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Pears belle helene

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 1 qt Water 4 oz Dark sweet chocolate
• 2 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Whipping cream
• 1 Vanilla bean split French vanilla ice cream
• 4 Pears; peeled

Instructions:

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 until smooth and glossy. Scrape vanilla bean pulp into chocolate. Add cream and 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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