Pear and Plum Tart
A puff pastry shell filled with spiced pears and plums. A perfect fall dessert and goes great with ice cream.
Equipment
- Parchment lined sheet pan
- Knife
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 2 large pears thinly sliced core removed
- 2 large plums pits removed and cut into 16 slices
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon almonds sliced
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon Maldon salt or other finishing salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F, 190C or gas mark 5.
- In a bowl toss the plums, pears, cardamom, lemon juice, vanilla and half of the brown sugar.
- Place the puff pastry on the lined sheet pan and with a sharp knife cut just the top and no more than hallway through the dough a smaller rectangle in the dough about ½ inch inside the dough.
- Sprinkle the remaining brown sugar on top of the puff pastry within the smaller rectangle along with ½ tablespoon of the almonds.
- Alternating pears and plum slices arrange the slices to cover all of the brown sugar. Top with the remaining almonds.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the puff pastry is a nice golden brown color. Top with sliced almonds and Maldon salt.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 245kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gSodium: 152mgPotassium: 135mgFiber: 3gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 72IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
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