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Pear verbena tarts

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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Last modified on: October 10^th 2021

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For 6 pieces, you will need:

1 6 tart cases
2 5.3 oz Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
3 verbena
4 4 Pears
5 14.1 oz Poaching syrup
6 5.3 oz Chantilly cream

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare 5.3 oz 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.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Peel 4 Pears, cut into quarters lengthways and remove the core.

Poach in 14.1 oz Poaching syrup until tender.

Drain.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Slice the pear quarters across into small pieces.

Stage 4

Leave on absorbant paper to finish draining thoroughly until needed.

Stage 5 - 15 min.

Prepare 5.3 oz Chantilly cream.

Stage 6 - 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.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Transfer the cream to a forcing bag.

Stage 8 - 6 min.

Pipe a generous layer of cream into each tart case.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Arrange a layer of pear slices on top...

Stage 10

...ideally in the shape of a flower.

Stage 11

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

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,410 Kcal or 5,903 Kj	40 gr	387 gr	147 gr
70 %	16 %	37 %	22 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
82 Kcal or 343 Kj	2 gr	23 gr	9 gr
4 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
235 Kcal or 984 Kj	7 gr	65 gr	24 gr
12 %	3 %	6 %	4 %

% 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: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 6 pieces : 5.63 €
Per piece : 0.94 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Poaching syrup: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Citrus tart, Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, Tarte Bourdaloue, Peach Melba, Peach and green tea tart, ... All
	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond cream or frangipane, Puits d'amour, Pains briochés aux raisins, Raisin breads (pains aux raisins), Strawberry Verveine Tart , ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Diplomat cream, Ice-cream Vacherin, Belle-helene in a glass, Strawberry Charlotte, ... All
	Tart cases: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little apple and verbena tarts, Apple and blackcurrant tarts, Little lime tarts, Double raspberry tartlets, Victoria pineapple and lime tarts, ... All

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