Caramelized Pear Tart

"This caramelized pear tart recipe is from a grocery store flyer. For the short crust pastry use recipe #140957 #140597 or no-roll short crust recipe #95116 #95116, or your favorite short crust pastry. I think this recipe would be equally good with caramelized apples or other fresh fruit. Serve with rich custard or vanilla ice cream."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (30g)
  • 12 cup sugar, divided (80g)
  • 3 pears, peeled and quartered
  • 1 short crust pie shell
  • 2 eggs
  • 23 cup 15% cream (160ml)
  • 5 tablespoons almonds, finely ground (75g)
  • 4 teaspoons pear brandy (20ml) (optional)
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directions

  • In a sauté pan on medium, melt unsalted butter; stir in 2 Tablespoons of the sugar.
  • Simmer, stirring occasionally, until butter and sugar begin to turn golden brown and caramelize.
  • Add pear slices and cook slowly over low heat to tenderize and caramelize, stirring gently occasionally. Watch carefully to prevent burning.
  • Arrange caramelized pears in short crust pie shell.
  • Mix together eggs with the remaining sugar, cream, ground almonds and pear brandy, if using.
  • Pour mixture over pears.
  • Preheat oven to 410 degrees Fahrenheit (205 degree Celsius) .
  • Bake for about 25 minutes.
  • Rest for three to five minutes before serving.
  • Serve with rich custard or vanilla ice cream.

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Reviews

  1. Made the pastry you suggested from bluemoon downunder's recipe, & it worked just fine! I followed your tart recipe right on down, even to including the pear brandy for a more intense pear flavor! Loved the caramelized pears & everything about this tart! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe]
     
  2. This is my first time using my tart pan/making a tart and it came out beautifully! I could not find ground almonds and my food processor is broke so I took slivered almonds and ran them through my nut chopper and got small pieces. I left out the brandy and got lazy and used a store bought pie crust and it was delish! Made for PRMR.
     
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