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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 6 people, you will need:

1 1 litre Pears
2 51.6 ml butter
3 75 ml caster sugar
4 400 ml Paris flan filling
5 300 ml whole milk
6 80 ml liquid cream
7 80 ml caster sugar
8 1 vanilla pod
9 80 ml egg
10 33.95 ml cornflour
11 25.8 ml butter

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19 min.	44 min.	1 hour 3 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare the pears

Peel 1 litre Pears, cut into quarters and remove the core.

Cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Melt 51.6 ml butter in a large frying pan on high heat, then add 75 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 400 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
2,382 Kcal or 9,973 Kj	40 gr	411 gr	179 gr
119 %	15 %	39 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
130 Kcal or 544 Kj	2 gr	23 gr	10 gr
7 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
397 Kcal or 1,662 Kj	7 gr	69 gr	30 gr
20 %	3 %	6 %	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 6 people : 7.69 €
Per person : 1.28 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Pear charlotte, Apple and pear tart, Belle-helene in a glass, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All
	Paris flan filling: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio custard tart, Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, French custard tart, Black sesame flan, Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, ... All
	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Panna cotta, Sandwich bread, Celeriac and parsley soup, Far Normandy-Brittany, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Fried eggs with tomatoes, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Lime crémeux, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, ... 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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