The pretty pears are here and it's the long-awaited season of comforting desserts with this rustic pear almond tart.
A very greedy dessert, composed of a dough sweetened with flour and wholemeal sugar, a generous layer of almond cream and these pretty pears!
Such a simple dessert that can be served with any fruit, like this recipe for small rustic strawberry tarts or in a simple version with the rustic apple-pear tart.
SUMMARY
This rustic tart is :
- Quick, no need for a pastry circle and hop the snack is ready!
- Tasty, with a generous filling and seasonal fruits.
- Pretty, we like its trendy rustic side with these nicely aligned pears.
Ingredients note
- For this recipe, I used semi wholemeal flour but you can use the white flour of your choice.
- Also, I used a sugar that I like very much, it's whole sugar, you can also replace it with cane sugar, or powdered sugar.
- And choose pretty pears of organic qualities and preferences especially if you let the skin like me
How to prepare the rustic pear almond tart
How to make the sweet dough
- To begin, prepare the sweet dough, in a large container, place the flour, whole sugar, almond powder and salt.
- Then incorporate the butter and mix with your hands until you obtain a sandy preparation.
- Finish by incorporating the egg and mix until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous ball of dough.
- Finally, cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 1 hour.
How to make almond cream
- First, place the soft butter in a container and with a wooden spoon beat it into a butter cream.
- Then add the powdered almonds and sugar and mix again.
- Finish by incorporating the egg and mix until a homogeneous cream is obtained.
Keep in the fridge until assembly.
Assembly and baking of the rustic pear almond tart
- Start by taking the dough out of the fridge and place it on a floured work surface.
Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough in a circle to a thickness of 5 mm.
Place the dough on a baking tray covered with silicone baking mat. - And fill the center of the dough with almond cream. (Leaving an edge of 5 cm of dough).
- Finally arrange the sliced pears on top of the almond cream.
- Then fold the edges of the pasta over the pears.
- Finish by sprinkling cane sugar over the whole tart.
- Finally bake in the oven for the time indicated and let your rustic pear almond tart cool before serving.
Rustic pear almond tart
Ingredients
Sugar dough
- 200 g Flour
- 50 g Sugar - whole
- 50 g Almond meal
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 Egg
- 125 g butter - softened
Almond cream
- 50 g Butter - softened
- 50 g Sugar - whole
- 50 g Almond meal
- 1 egg
Instructions
How to make the sugar dough
- In a large bowl, first place the flour, almond meal, sugar and salt, then add the butter and mix with your hands until you have a shortbread mixture.
- Then finish by incorporating the egg and mix until you obtain a homogeneous ball of dough
- Cover with cling film and place the sweet dough in the fridge for 1 hour.
How to make the almond cream
- In a bowl, start by creaming the butter, then add the almond meal, sugar and finish by adding the egg.
- Mix until you obtain a homogeneous preparation, then set aside in a cool place.
Assembly and baking the tart
- Preheat your oven to 356°F / 180°C and prepare a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Take the dough out of the fridge and on a floured work surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm.
- Move the dough onto the baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Fill the center with the almond cream, leaving a 5 cm rim of dough.
- Arrange the pears cut in the center over the almond cream and fold the edges of the dough over the pears.
- Sprinkle with cane sugar and bake for 30-45 minutes at 356°F / 180°C.
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