pear tart with cornmeal crust
(2 ratings)
Make sure your pears are ripe when you make this. The flavor was really nice and the cornmeal crust different. An unusual dessert.
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(2 ratings)
yield
8 -10
prep time
30 Min
cook time
40 Min
Ingredients For pear tart with cornmeal crust
- CRUST:
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1/2 cfine cornmeal
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1/2 cwhole wheat pastry flour
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1/4 cslivered almonds
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2 Tbspdate sugar
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1/4 tspsea salt
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4 Tbspcold butter, unsalted
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1/4 ccold non fat milk
- FILLING:
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4ripe organic pears
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2eggs
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1/2 choney
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2 Tbsplow fat milk
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1 Tbspunsalted butter, melted
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1/4 tspground nutmeg
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3 Tbspall purpose flour
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1/4 capricot jam, heated
How To Make pear tart with cornmeal crust
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1FOR THE CRUST:
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2In a food processor, combine the cornmeal, flour, date sugar and salt and process until fine crumbs form.
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3Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles small peas. Add milk and process just until a dough ball forms.
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4Press into a 9 inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Refrigerate until set.
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5FOR THE FILLING:
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6Preheat oven to 425'F
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7Peel, halve and core the pears. Place pears cut side down on a cutting board. Using a sharp knife score the pears horizontally across each pear 1/8 inch deep and 1/4 inch apart. Do not cut right through the pear. Arrange 7 pear halves on the prepared crust with the narrow end pointing toward the center.
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8Cut a circle from the remaining pear half and place in the pie's center (eat any left over pear)
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9In a medium bowl, beat eggs until pale and thickened, about 6-8 minutes. Add the honey, milk, melted butter, vanilla, nutmeg and flour. Blend well.
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10Pour the mixture over the pears. Bake 10-15 minutes, then reduce heat to 400'F and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until set and golden brown. Remove to a cooling rack.
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11Heat the apricot jam up and melt, brush over the tart. Cool completely before removing and slicing.
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12Enjoy!
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