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".
365 K 3.7/5 (109 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
1 tart
5 IngredientsLast modified on: March 17th 2011
For 1 tart, you will need:
- 1
4 Pears - 2
250 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 3
200 g almond cream or frangipane - 4
½ lemon - 5
a little apricot glaze (optional) - Total weight: 1,235 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 45 min.
Cooking: 30 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: 18:20.Change end time
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.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 410 RDI=160 % | 2,130 RDI=200 % | 1,740 RDI=260 % | 15,750 RDI=790 % | 65,930 RDI: 790 % |
| Per 100 g | 30 RDI=10 % | 170 RDI=20 % | 140 RDI=20 % | 1,280 RDI=60 % | 5,340 RDI: 60 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 tart : 4.10 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
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Almond cream or frangipane
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Pears
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Lemon
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