Apple and Pear Tart

Name: Apple and Pear Tart
Ingredients: Apple and pear slices; 50 g glucose; 1 egg; 1 tsp salt; 50 ml water; 40 g sugar; 50 g flaked almonds; ¼ tsp vanilla essence; 2 dessert apples; 100 g butter; 200 g flour; 50 g butter; 2 dessert pears; 1 tbsp honey; 50 g sugar; 50 g pistachios; 50 g almonds; 50 g pine nuts; 150 g sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Le Cordon Bleu Dessert Techniques

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

A sweet pastry case is filled to overflowing with a mélange of caramelized fruit pieces and nuts. This delicious filling is held in place by a nut-flaked nougat ring with a hole in the centre into which slices of fresh fruit are decoratively placed.

Ingredients

For the sweet pastry

100 g butter
200 g flour
1

Dessert
Pastry
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

First prepare the sweet pastry. Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then mix in the salt, sugar and finally the egg and vanilla essence. Knead the dough until it is smooth, then refrigerate for 30 minutes. Roll it out and use it to line a 24 cm tart tin. Line the pastry with foil or parchment, fill with ceramic baking b