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Pear verbena tarts

Name: Pear verbena tarts
Prep time: 59 min
Total time: 59 min
Yield: 6 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 tart cases; 150 g confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream); Verbena; 4 poacheds pears; 150 g Chantilly cream

Crisp sweetcrust pastry cases, a velvety diplomat cream flavoured with verbena, and slices of poached pears for delicious and dainty pear verbena tarts.

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Duration

1 hour

Difficulty

Average

Last modified on: November 2^nd 2026

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For 6 pieces, you will need:

1 6 tart cases
2 150 g confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream)
3 Verbena
4 4 poacheds pears
5 150 g Chantilly cream
Total weight: 1,320 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

1 hour

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare 150 g confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream) using the normal method, but at the start leave a handful of verbena leaves to infuse in the milk (instead of the vanilla).

This will give you a verbena-flavoured custard.

Cover and leave to cool.

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut 4 poacheds pears into small pieces and drain carefully.

Step 3 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare ing5.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

And fold gently into the cooled verbena-flavoured custard. Beat for a few seconds by hand to "loosen".

This is now a verbena diplomat cream.

Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Transfer the cream to a forcing bag.

Step 6 - ⌛ 6 min.

Pipe a generous layer of cream into each tart case.

Step 7 - ⌛ 10 min.

Arrange a layer of pear slices on top...

Step 8

...ideally in the shape of a flower.

Step 9

For a finishing touch, garnish with a sprig of verbena.

Your little pear verbena tarts are ready.

Remarks

For a quicker, simpler version of this recipe, use a classic sweetcrust pastry and a simple confectioner's custard (without added whipped cream).

If you have any leftover cream and fruit (which often happens, I assure you), make little verrines by layering the pears in small glasses with a generous topping of cream.

Keeping: Should be eaten the same day.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	2 g RDI=4 %	25 g RDI=10 %	10 g RDI=14 %	207 kcal RDI=10 %	867 kJ RDI=10 %
Per piece	5 g RDI=8 %	56 g RDI=21 %	23 g RDI=31 %	456 kcal RDI=23 %	1,908 kJ RDI=23 %
Whole recipe	32 g RDI=48 %	334 g RDI=126 %	137 g RDI=187 %	2,734 kcal RDI=137 %	11,448 kJ RDI=137 %