Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint
Thick slices of poached pears in a blind-baked sweetcrust pastry case, their centres filled with mint-flavoured confectioner's custard, and surrounded by a chocolate cream, set by baking briefly in the oven.
The flavours of pears, chocolate and mint work perfectly together to create a truly exceptional tart. You'll love this one!
The flavours of pears, chocolate and mint work perfectly together to create a truly exceptional tart. You'll love this one!
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Last modified on: April 22th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 tarts, you will need:
- 1
7.0 oz Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) - 2
4 lb + 6.4 oz Poaching syrup - 3
10 Pears - 4
1 lb + 1.6 oz Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 5
4 eggs - 6
0.7 oz Vanilla sugar - 7
7.0 oz whole milk - 8
1 lb + 1.6 oz liquid cream - 9
1 lb + 1.6 oz dark chocolate - 10
2 tablespoons Toasted flaked almonds (optional)
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 53 min. | 1 hour 7 min. | 2 hours |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Prepare 7.0 oz Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), but instead of vanilla, add a handful of mint leaves to the milk.
This will give you a mint-flavoured custard, which you can colour green for added eye-appeal.
Set aside.
This will give you a mint-flavoured custard, which you can colour green for added eye-appeal.
Set aside.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
The pears
Peel 10 Pears and poach in the syrup.They should be soft when done: a knife blade should go through very easily.
Cover and leave to cool in the syrup.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Slice the pears crosswise into rounds about the same thickness as the depth of your tart (for mine, this was about half an inch (1.5 cm).
You will have offcuts that you can use in another recipe, such as poire belle hélène.
You will have offcuts that you can use in another recipe, such as poire belle hélène.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Cut out and discard the pear cores. An apple corer is idel for this, or use a small pointed knife.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 5 - 30 min.
The sweetcrust pastry case
Use 1 lb + 1.6 oz Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) to line a 9-inch (22 cm) tart tin or ring, then bake blind.Leave the cooked pastry case in its tin, as it will be going back in the oven later.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Stage 7 - 7 min.
Bring 7.0 oz whole milk and 1 lb + 1.6 oz liquid cream to the boil.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
As soon as it comes to the boil, take the pan off the heat and add 1 lb + 1.6 oz dark chocolate in small pieces.
Whisk in gently until the mixture is smooth.
Leave to cool to room temperature.
Whisk in gently until the mixture is smooth.
Leave to cool to room temperature.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Add the egg and vanilla sugar mixture.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Mix again thoroughly.
Your choclate cream is ready.
Your choclate cream is ready.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
Assembling the tart
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).Arrange the pear slices in the tart case.
Stage 12 - 3 min.
Pour the chocolate cream around the pears, but do not fill the centres.
Stage 13 - 15 min.
Bake for 15 minutes, just until the chocolate filling is barely set. It should still be slightly wobbly.
Leave to cool.
Leave to cool.
Stage 14 - 3 min.
Fill the centres of the pears with mint confectioner's custard.
Stage 15 - 1 min.
Finish with a few toasted flaked almonds scattered over the chocolate filling. Your tart is ready.
Remarks
When you pour in the chocolate cream in Step 12, I advise you to do this through a very fine strainer, to make sure the cream has a smooth surface after its brief baking.
To help the pastry case stay crisp longer, you can use a chablonnage at the end of Step 5, coating the bottom with dark or white chocolate.
To help the pastry case stay crisp longer, you can use a chablonnage at the end of Step 5, coating the bottom with dark or white chocolate.
Keeping
Should be eaten the day it is made.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 8,228 Kcal or 34,449 Kj | 122 gr | 1,437 gr | 511 gr |
| 411 % | 47 % | 136 % | 77 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 141 Kcal or 590 Kj | 2 gr | 25 gr | 9 gr |
| 7 % | 1 % | 2 % | 1 % |
| Per tart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,114 Kcal or 17,224 Kj | 61 gr | 718 gr | 255 gr |
| 206 % | 23 % | 68 % | 39 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 tarts : 19.44 €
- Per tart : 9.72 €
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)
 | Poaching syrup: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Poached pears, Peach and green tea tart, Peach Melba, How to poach peaches, Coupe Augustin, ... All |
 | Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio custard tart, Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, Mini almond-morello tarts, Plum tart "En passant par la Lorraine", Lemon tart, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Lemon creams, Flaked almond tart, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, Turban of sole with langoustines, ... All |
 | Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mousse with two chocolates, Chocolate madeleines, Flaky brownie brioche, How to make chocolate chips, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, ... All |
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