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Pears are succulent and delicious this time of year, just begging to be nestled in a fragrant almond cream, and housed in a tender pie crust.  Combining all my favorite ingredients from four different recipes, a compilation of flavors resulting in this fabulous tasting, Pear and Almond Tart. 

 

 

 

Pear and Almond Tart

Rebecka Owner At Home with Rebecka
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 6 ounces almond paste
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons flour
  • 3 ounces butter cubed, at room temperature
  • 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • ⅛ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 9- inch pre-baked tart shell at room temperature (I used a store-bought pie crust for this recipe)
  • 3 poached pears
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 4 cups water

Instructions
 

For the Pears

  • Heat poaching ingredients in a heavy bottom saucepan on medium high heat
  • Peal pears and core, cook in poaching liquid for 30 minutes, or until pears are soft but still firm
  • Drain and remove pears from hot liquid, cool for 15 minutes on paper towel, pat dry pears with a paper towel, cut into ½ inch slices, then cut each slice in half

For the Filling

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
  • In a stand mixer or by hand, beat almond paste with sugar and flour, until smooth
  • Gradually beat in room temperature butter, until smooth, then beat in eggs and egg white, and almond extract
  • Spread almond filling into pre baked tart shell
  • Fan pears over almond filling, starting on the outer tart rim and using the larger pear halves
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until almond filling between pears is slightly browned
  • Cool at room temperature for 30 minutes
  • Glaze tart with apricot jam that has been melted on the stove top or microwave
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  1. kitchen flavours

    That is one gorgeous tart! And looks delicious! I love using almond paste, though I do not use it often enough, as I cannot find it here, got to make my own.
    Love the beautifully arranged pears, simply gorgeous!

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  2. Amberr Meadows

    That is a gorgeous, delectable looking tart. I'm sure it tastes divine, and the presentation is fabulous. You clearly have a keen culinary prowess 😉

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    • athomewithrebecka

      Amberr, What a lovely thing to say! I really appreciate you visiting my blog and leaving such kind words.

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  3. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

    What a beautiful tart. I love the presentation with the stem in the middle. Now why didn't I think of that before? 🙂

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    • athomewithrebecka

      Maureen, I was thinking how sad it would be to toss out those beautiful stems, so on a whim I plopped one in the middle of the tart. Thank you, you're so sweet!

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