Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:38:02 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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>>On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 02:12:57 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:
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>>>Christine wrote:
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>>>>>>Pears and chocolate are a good combination.
>>>>>
>>>>>Would taste kinda okay but I'd not call that combination good.
>>>>
>>>>There is a classic French dessert which combines pears and chocolate.
>>>>Poire Helene, I think the name is. I haven't had it personally, but
>>>>it has always looked wonderful.
>>>>And I have heard that it is great.
>>>
>>>You are correct about the name and also about it being great. My version
>>>uses a rectangular puff-pastry shell to hold two poached pear halves with
>>>pastry cream, the chocolate sauce, and whipped cream garnished with
>>>chocolate shavings.
>>>
>>>Bob
>>

A bit of chocolate sauce on a plate with a couple halves of wine or pear
brandy (poir william) poached pears and garnished with a good quantity
of thin slices or shaved chocolate is very nice (though im almost
addicted to pears and cheddar cheese

I have seen pictures of this chocolate and poached pear dish where the
chocolate is molded to realistically resemble leaves and stems of
chocolate.

There's also an apple upside down cake that is so good i can only
imagine a really good upside down chocolate and pear cake would be
excellent. Knowing me i will probly get some port in there, But while i
have made the upside down apple cake many times i had never thought of
upside down chocolate pear cake.
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