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Poires Belle Helene (Poached pears with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream)
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Poires Belle Helene (Poached pears with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream)

9 ingredients 2 hr + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

595
Calories
17g
Protein
28g
Fat
70g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Syrup not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250ml/8¾fl oz double cream
  • 200ml/7¼fl oz organic full-fat milk
  • 2 vanilla pods
  • 4 organic free-range eggs
  • 100g/3½oz organic caster sugar
  • 2 organic comice pears
  • 750ml/1 pint and 7fl oz stock syrup (made from 375g/13oz sugar and 375ml/13fl oz water - boiled together until the sugar dissolves with vanilla extract
  • 250ml/8¾fl oz double cream
  • 300g/10½oz chocolate

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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