Tarte Belle Hélène

Name: Tarte Belle Hélène
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: ¼ tsp baking powder; 75 g butter; 75 g unrefined sugar; 50 g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting; 140 g plain flour; 20 g ground almonds; 3 ripe pears; 60 g butter, plus extra for greasing; 25 g cocoa; 75 g self-raising flour; 1 egg; 50 ml milk; 1-2 medium egg yolks

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

The French Market

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2005

About

Pears and chocolate have always been something of a winning combination. Use firm, ripe yellow pears for this recipe, and serve just warm with vanilla ice cream and curls of dark chocolate. The pastry is a delicate, crumbly sweet one, used only for desserts.

Ingredients

For the pâte sucrée

60 g butter, plus extra for greasing
140 g plain flour
50

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the oven to 190°C/gas 5. Lightly butter a 25 cm flan ring and place it on a buttered baking sheet.

To make the pastry, sift the flour into a large bowl, add the butter and rub to