Poires Belle-Helene

A delicious recipe for Poires Belle-Helene, straight from Somebody's Mother's kitchen!

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 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  white chocolate raspberry ice cream or 1⁄2 gallon vanilla ice cream
• 2  tablespoons  somebody's mother's  chocolate syrup

Directions

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.