French Pear Tart*

Name: French Pear Tart* (Tarte Bourdaloue aux Poires)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Toasted almonds, finely chopped; 4 pears, preferably Bartlett (Williams), cooked in syrup or canned, well drained; Pear jelly, homemade or store-bought, warm; 9 oz. (250 g) frangipane cream; Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 6 mini vanilla macarons; Butter for the baking ring; 9 oz. (250 g) sweet shortcrust pastry dough or shortcrust pastry dough

Tarte Bourdaloue aux Poires

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Tart shell

Butter for the baking ring
9 oz. (250 g) sweet shortcrust pastry dough or

Europe
France
Pie
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Grease the baking ring with butter. Set it on the cookie sheet.
To prepare the tart shell, roll the pastry dough thinly into a 10½-in. (27-cm) circle on a lightly floured surface. Line it into the ring. Chill for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C/Gas Ma