Johns Pear And Almond Cream Tart Recipes

PEAR AND ALMOND CREAM TART

Steps:

• To make the shortcrust, add the flour, butter in a food processor and pulse it until the butter and the four resemble cornmeal. Add the water and pulse a few more times until the dough comes together. Wrap the dough up in plastic wrap and refrigerate it until you're ready to use it.
• Roll out the pastry dough into a thin circle and use it to line a 9 inch tart pan or pie pan.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F degrees and place a baking sheet in the oven.
• In a food processor add the blanched almonds and pulse until they are finely ground. Add the butter and process again until they get creamy, add sugar, the egg and the egg white, almond extract and mix well.
• Pour the almond cream into the pastry shell.
• The pears need to be pealed and cut in half, then remove the cores and rub them with the lemon juice. With the pear halves cut side down on a cutting board, slice them thinly crosswise.
• Press down on the top of the slices to fan out the pear slices. Use a spatula to transfer the pear to the tart as you see in the picture below. Repeat with remaining pear halves.
• Place the tart pan on the hot baking sheet and bake it for about 50 to 55 minutes, make sure the almond filling is set and golden brown.
• In a small sauce pan heat the water or brandy and jam, then use this to brush the top of the hot tart to glaze it.
• Serve at room temperature.

ALMOND PEAR TART

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 10-in. circle. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. , In a large bowl, combine 3/4 cup sugar and flour; add pears and toss to coat. Spoon over the crust to within 2 in. of edges. Fold up edges of crust over filling, leaving center uncovered. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. , Bake at 450° for 15 minutes or until crust is golden and filling is bubbly. Sprinkle with almonds; bake 5 minutes longer. Using the parchment, slide tart onto a wire rack to cool.

D'ANJOU PEAR AND ALMOND TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place tart shells on a baking sheet.
• Stir brown sugar, melted butter, balsamic vinegar, and cinnamon together in a bowl; stir in pears and chopped almonds until completely coated. Spoon pear mixture into tart shells.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 45 minutes.

CRUSTLESS PEAR AND ALMOND TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 9 inch baking dish or tart pan.
• In a food processor, combine the almonds and 1/2 sugar and process until finely ground.
• Be careful not to process too long or it will turn into almond butter!
• Transfer the ground almonds to a medium bowl and stir in the flour and salt until blended.
• In another medium bowl, whisk the eggs until frothy.
• Whisk in the milk and melted butter until well blended.
• Add the egg mixture to the almonds and stir to blend well.
• Pour the batter into the prepared dish and spread to form an even layer.
• Peel, quarter and core the pears.
• cut each pear quarter into crossways slices, keeping the slices assembled as you go.
• Slide one of the sliced pear quarters onto a metal spatula or spreader and set it on top of the batter.
• Repeat with the remaining sliced pear quarters forming the spokes of a wheel.
• Press the surface of the fanned pears down into the batter so that only the surface of the pears is showing.
• Sprinkle the remaining sugar evenly over the pears and scatter the cut up butter bits over the top.
• Bake the tart in the upper third of the oven until the batter is puffed and golden brown, 40-45 minutes.
• Let the tart cool on a rack.
• You could substitute mangoes, peaches, or apples for the pears, and have the same delicious results.