Pear tart with almond cream
This is a very quick and easy tart to make, as everything (or almost) can be done in advance. A piece of sweetcrust pastry, some almond cream and pears? You have "everything you need".
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Last modified on: March 17th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:TartPearsAlmond creamCoatedGlazedFor 1 tart, you will need:
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4 Pears - 1
250 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
200 g Almond cream or frangipane - 3
½ lemon - 4
a little apricot glaze (optional) - Total weight: 1,235 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 44 min. | 30 min. | 1 hour 14 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Roll out the pastry into as thin and even a circle as possible, prick it with a fork (to prevent it inflating too much when cooking), then line the tart mould or tin.
Push well into the bottom and sides, then with a knife trim off any excess pastry around the edge.
Put to wait in the refrigerator.
Push well into the bottom and sides, then with a knife trim off any excess pastry around the edge.
Put to wait in the refrigerator.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Peel 4 Pears, cut into four lengthways and discard the core.
Cut each quarter in 2 again, then sprinkle them all with the juice of ½ lemon to prevent browning.
Preheat the oven to 210°C or 410°F.
Cut each quarter in 2 again, then sprinkle them all with the juice of ½ lemon to prevent browning.
Preheat the oven to 210°C or 410°F.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Fill the pastry case in the tart mould/circle with 200 g Almond cream or frangipane. You can add more if (like me) you love it, or less.
Anyway, there should be at least ½ cm of it over the whole base.
Anyway, there should be at least ½ cm of it over the whole base.
Stage 4 - 7 min.
Fill the mould with the pears.
You can arrange them in a rosette, like in the photographs, by laying all the pears in the same direction.
Remember to press each piece down gently, to embed them a little in the almond cream.
You can arrange them in a rosette, like in the photographs, by laying all the pears in the same direction.
Remember to press each piece down gently, to embed them a little in the almond cream.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Finish by filling the centre of the mould with a segment cut into small pieces.
Stage 6 - 30 min.
Put in the oven for approximately 30 minutes.
Stage 7
If you like, "glaze" (with a brush), the top of the cooled tart with a little apricot glaze.
Remarks
You can vary this recipe in all sorts of ways: changing fruit (apples, apricots...), changing pastry, and even the cream for stewed apples for an apple tart for example, but almond cream and pears really are a very harmonious mixture.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,729 Kcal or 7,239 Kj | 35 gr | 272 gr | 141 gr |
| 86 % | 13 % | 26 % | 21 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 140 Kcal or 586 Kj | 3 gr | 22 gr | 11 gr |
| 7 % | 1 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per tart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,729 Kcal or 7,239 Kj | 35 gr | 272 gr | 141 gr |
| 86 % | 13 % | 26 % | 21 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Exotic fruit tart, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Rhubarb tart, Pear and lime meringue pie, Cherry and pistachio tarts, ... All |
 | Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Epiphany galette, Mini almond-morello tarts, Tarte Bourdaloue, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, Brioche slices with almond cream, ... All |
 | Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French Family Cake, 4 pears salad with vanilla, Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Pear and lime meringue pie, Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Baked salmon fillet, Fruit coulis (fruit purée), ... All |
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