Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart
A sweetcrust pastry case filled with pistachio cream, topped with pear and grapefruit slices.
99 K 4.3/5 (18 reviews)
1 hour 40 min.
Easy
3 tarts
9 IngredientsLast modified on: February 17th 2013
For 3 tarts, you will need:
- 1
450 g butter - 2
450 g ground almonds - 3
450 g caster sugar - 4
9 eggs - 5
90 g pistachio powder or paste - 6
750 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 7
6 Pears - 8
6 grapefruits - 9
90 g apricot glaze (optional) - Total weight: 5,760 grams
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 2 min.
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 1 hour 40 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put into a food-processor bowl: 450 g butter, 450 g ground almonds, 450 g caster sugar, 9 eggs and 90 g pistachio powder or paste.
Stage 2 - 7 min.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Roll out the sweetcrust pastry, line your chosen tin or mould and put to wait in the fridge.
Stage 4 - 15 min.
Peel both outer and inner skin off 6 grapefruits.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F).
Spread the pistachio cream in the pastry case to about about 1 cm (0.4 inch) deep.
Spread the pistachio cream in the pastry case to about about 1 cm (0.4 inch) deep.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
Peel 6 Pears, cut into quarters lengthways. Remover the core, then cut each quarter again into 2 lengthways.
As pears tend to turn brown rapidly, the trick is to cut them on the same chopping board as the grapefuit and coat the pieces with the juice left, using a brush.
As pears tend to turn brown rapidly, the trick is to cut them on the same chopping board as the grapefuit and coat the pieces with the juice left, using a brush.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Stick the grapefruit and pear pieces into the pistachio cream...
Stage 8 - 35 min.
...and bake for around 35 minutes.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
If possible, finish with an apricot jam glaze.
Remarks
You can use other fruit, of course, but do try to keep a similar balance between tangy and sweeter, softer fruits.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge covered with plastic fim.
Source: Based on a recipe by Eric Kayser.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 840 RDI=320 % | 4,800 RDI=450 % | 3,550 RDI=540 % | 54,510 RDI=2,730 % | 228,240 RDI: 2,730 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=6 % | 80 RDI=8 % | 60 RDI=9 % | 950 RDI=50 % | 3,960 RDI: 50 % |
| Per tart | 280 RDI=110 % | 1,600 RDI=150 % | 1,180 RDI=180 % | 18,170 RDI=910 % | 76,080 RDI: 910 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 tarts : 22.80 €
- Per tart : 7.60 €
Change currency: 
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)
Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon and grated apple tart, How to roll out pastry for a tart, Late summer tart with plums and apricots, Blackcurrant and chestnut verrines, Bounty-style tart for Alison, ... See them all 44
Ground almonds
Like these other recipes: Amiens macaroons, Stuffed prunes, Caribbean upside-down cake, Chocolate madeleines, Apricot blancmange, ... See them all 46
Caster sugar
Like these other recipes: Ice-cream Vacherin, Stewed apricots, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Butter cream, Almond dacquoise, ... See them all 363
Butter
Like these other recipes: Crêpes Suzette, Montbenoit's canapés, Scallop and leek pancakes, Genoese croque-monsieur, Apple and whisky crumble, ... See them all 479
Other recipes you may also like
Gingerbread
Maybe this recipe will bring back memories. February 21th 2011297 K4.2 1 hour 4 min.
Jam doughnuts
These were originally a traditional German treat (Berliner Pfannkuchen in German): big fried doughnuts filled with jam and sprinkled with icing sugar. May 27th 2011171 K4.5 4 hours 25 min.
Gratin Parmentier
Here, a potato gratin meets hachis Parmentier (minced beef topped with mashed potato): 2 layers of potato around a layer of pre-cooked minced meat. May 1st 201984 K3.8 1 hour 25 min.
Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany
Stewed apples, raisins soaked in whisky, toasted almonds, rolled in a lightly caramelized pancake. March 10th 2015260 K4.3 2 hours 20 min.
Marzipan (almond paste)
Very easy to do if you have a food processor which can slice or grate a lot of things. December 19th 2021646 K 34.5 15 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-10-12)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.