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Caramelized pear custard tart

You may well be familiar with the famous French custard tart, with its creamy vanilla egg-custard filling. It can also be made in individual portions, in ramekins, for example.

Here is a delicious version with caramelized pears.

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Last modified on: July 13^th 2022

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 333 ml Pears
2 18 ml butter
3 25 ml caster sugar
4 133 ml Paris flan filling
5 100 ml whole milk
6 27 ml liquid cream
7 27 ml caster sugar
8 ¹⁄₃ vanilla pod
9 27 ml egg
10 11.64 ml cornflour
11 8.256 ml butter

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	44 min.	1 hour 3 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare the pears

Peel 333 ml Pears, cut into quarters and remove the core.

Cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Melt 18 ml butter in a large frying pan on high heat, then add 25 ml caster sugar.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

When this is well mixed, add the diced pears.

Mix briefly, then leave to caramelize on high heat.

Note: You will notice that the pears give off quite a lot of juice as they cook, which slows down the caramelization.

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Stir from time to time so that the pears colour evenly. Take off the heat as soon as they are nicely coloured.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Prepare 133 ml Paris flan filling.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Divide the diced pears between the buttered ramekins.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Cover with the custard.

Stage 8 - 25 min.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Stage 9

Enjoy either warm or cold.

Remarks

This recipe can easily be varied with other fruit (apples, plums, etc.). You can also add toasted nuts or a little granola.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
864 Kcal or 3,617 Kj	18 gr	141 gr	63 gr
43 %	7 %	13 %	10 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
122 Kcal or 511 Kj	3 gr	20 gr	9 gr
6 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
432 Kcal or 1,809 Kj	9 gr	71 gr	32 gr
22 %	4 %	7 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 2.67 €
Per person : 1.34 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pear tart with almond cream, Pear and chocolate Paris puddings, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Fruit salad, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , ... All
	Paris flan filling: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and chocolate Paris puddings, Alsatian apple tart, Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, French custard tart, Verbena flan, ... All
	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Parmesan cauliflower cheese, Hearty potato and ham gratin, Bourguignon potatoes , ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sweet pastry, Gâteau Basque , Lime crémeux, Basic cake batter - the French way, Mascarpone fondant with two lemons, ... All

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You can use all-purpose flour instead of cornflour, that was what chefs and pastry use in the past, you may need to cook a bit longer, just check carefully the consistency.
Posted by jh may 10^th 2020 at 11:07 (n° 2)
This looks delicious! I am in Russia, and I am not sure about being able to obtain cornflour. Would it alter the consistency of the custard if I were to use just regular all-purpose flour? Thank you :)
Posted by Lori may 10^th 2020 at 10:22 (n° 1)

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