Almond Tart

Dessert

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Some words: So with the sweet pastry, we made an almond and pear tart. Because I always wing it, this was the nicest tart I've ever made; properly delicious. If you dont have a pear handy, maybe a tin of drained cherries, fresh cherries, plums.

Added: 4th August, 2021

Credit: Fabien

Pear and almond tart

Ingredients

1 quantity of Sweet Tart Paste
100g butter
100g sugar
100g almond meal
2 eggs
2 or 3 poached pears

Method

Set the oven to 180ºc fan or 190ºc normal oven
Grease and flour an 16cm tart tin

Roll out the pastry to approximately 3mm, line the tart tin and place in the fridge until the almond cream is ready
Cream butter and sugar
Stir a couple of tablespoons of the almond meal
Stir in the egg
Add the almond meal and give it a good mix until its smooth
Spread the paste over your tart case
Top with sliced pears, leaving some of the almond paste uncovered
Bake for 20-30 minutes