Pears In White Wine With Vanilla Ice Cream And Chocolate Sauce

• 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 2 oz milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1 tsp cocoa powder
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 3 cups dry white wine
• 3 oz super fine sugar
• 1 None lemon, juiced
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 None pears, halved and cored
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream
• None None chocolate shavings and mint for decoration

1. Heat the cream in a small saucepan and add the chocolate, cocoa and cinnamon and cook, while stirring, over a low heat until the chocolate has melted. Take the mixture from the heat and leave to cool.
2. Bring the wine, sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 cup water and vanilla extract to a boil in a pot. Add the pear halves to the wine and cook over a low heat for 6-8 minutes. Remove the pears with a ladle and drain them well. Cut the pear halves into a fan-shape, and place a pear half, 1 scoop of ice cream and a little chocolate sauce serve on each of 4 plates. Serve decorated with chocolate shavings and mint to taste with the remaining sauce on the side.

heavy cream, milk chocolate, cocoa, cinnamon, white wine, sugar, lemon, water, vanilla, vanilla ice cream, chocolate shavings

Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/16508 (may not work)