Pour in the cream and continue stirring until the mixture is hot. Pour into a sauceboat for serving. To serve, arrange the pears, cut-side down on a dessert plate with a scoop or two of ice cream.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for poires Belle ... ice-cream is the classical accompaniment, and it makes sense to continue the quality theme and make your own or find a great one flecked with ...

You can grab a can of pears, plonk them on a plate, and squeeze commercial chocolate dessert ... Pears Belle Hélêne by poaching our own pears, making our own French-style vanilla ice cream ...

Even the ice cream is French. This piece goes with this recipe for Pears Belle Hélène ... plonk them on a plate, and squeeze commercial chocolate dessert topping over it if you like.