Pear, chocolate and almond tart recipe

Pear, chocolate and almond tart recipe

This is my French version of a pear Bakewell tart. I always loved the combination of pear and chocolate, and with the almonds it becomes just magical. 

You need to follow the methof for making sweet shortcrust pastry for this recipe. You can find the recipe for sweet shortcrust pastry here

Ingredients

For the poached pears
  • 5 Williams pears
  • 1 l water
  • 300 g caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod (opened and scraped)
  • 5 Williams pears
  • 1.8 pints water
  • 10.6 oz caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod (opened and scraped)
  • 5 Williams pears
  • 4.2 cups water
  • 10.6 oz caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod (opened and scraped)
For the cocoa sweet pastry
  • 20 g cocoa powder
  • 170 g plain flour
  • 1 small pinch of salt
  • 140 g cold butter, diced
  • 1 medium egg
  • 0.7 oz cocoa powder
  • 6 oz plain flour
  • 1 small pinch of salt
  • 4.9 oz cold butter, diced
  • 1 medium egg
  • 0.7 oz cocoa powder
  • 6 oz plain flour
  • 1 small pinch of salt
  • 4.9 oz cold butter, diced
  • 1 medium egg

Details

  • Cuisine: French
  • Recipe Type: Dessert
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Preparation Time: 60 mins
  • Cooking Time: 50 mins
  • Serves: 8

Step-by-step

  1. Prepare and poach the pears. This step can be done the day before.
  2. Sift the cocoa powder with the flour and make the sweet pastry (see link for sweet pastry method above). Rest in the fridge for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3. Line the tart tin with the pastry and return it to the fridge for 30 minutes.
  4. Blind bake the pastry base for 35–40 minutes.
  5. For the chocolate and almond cream, make an almond cream following the method on page 30. Melt the chocolate and 80g of butter in the microwave at a medium power, stirring every 30 seconds until it’s melted, then incorporate it into the almond cream using a spatula.
  6. When the pastry base has cooled, spread evenly with the chocolate almond cream.
  7. Garnish the tart with the poached pear halves and bake it for 35-45 minutes until the chocolate almond cream is set and cooked. Cool at room temperature in the tin.

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