National Pears Helene Day - March 15th

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March 15th is National Pears Hélène Day?
here's a recipe to help you celebrate... ENJOY!!

Pears Belle Hélène

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
2 whole cloves
6 pears, peeled and cored
6 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 cup callebaut chocolate
6 strawberries, fanned

Directions:

Combine the sugar, cinnamon, and cloves in a large pan with 3 cups water, stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves, then bring the syrup to a boil.

Add the pears and simmer for 10 minutes, or until tender.

Remove the pears with a slotted spoon and leave to cool .

Place the chocolate in a bowl and over a double boiler until melted, blend.

Put a scoop of ice cream in each serving bowl and make a hollow in each scoop with the back of the spoon. Stand the pears in the hollow and drizzle chocolate sauce over.

Garnish with a fanned strawberry. To make a fanned strawberry simply make slices through the strawberry 1/8 of an inch across and 3/4 of the way down the berry. Press with your thumb across the top of the berry to fan

Yields - 6 servings

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Pizza with Pesto and Smoked Salmon

Your tip for March 15, 2006 - PIZZA WITH PESTO AND SMOKED SALMON

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

1 Boboli ready-made pizza crust
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
3 tbs. purchased pesto sauce
3 oz. thinly sliced smoked salmon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 fresh basil sprig

Place Boboli crust in the center of baking sheetIn a small bowl, blend cheese and pesto
Spread cheese mixture over crust.

Bake pizza until crust is golden, or for 20 minutes
Arrange salmon pieces over pizza

Garnish with basil and serve

Yields eight slices

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