Poire Belle Hélène Recipe - Great British Chefs

Ingredients

• 3 pears, ripe, peeled and cored with stalks left on
• 500ml of water
• 200g of sugar
• 1 star anise
• 240g of whipping cream
• 20g of icing sugar
• 1/2 vanilla pod
• 100g of chocolate, milk or dark
• 80g of whole milk
• 80g of cream
• 25g of sugar
• 500g of whole milk
• 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways
• 120g of egg yolk
• 90g of sugar
• 400g of butter
• 200g of caster sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp double cream
• 500g of T45 flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting