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Pecan Pear Tart
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Pear Pecan Tart

Pecan Pear Tart - Pears and Pecans nestled in a custard while laying on a bed of shortbread type crust.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword #dessert, #pears, #peartart, #tart
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 8
Author The Baking Pan

Ingredients

Pastry Crust

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup toasted pecans, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/8 Teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled and cubed small

Filling Ingredients

  • 3 Pears ripe but not soft
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Teaspoons white sugar
  • 1/2 cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped

Topping

  • 1 Teaspoon white sugar

Instructions

  • Place the flour, pecans, sugar, salt and egg yolk in a large bowl. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients using a pastry blender until you have coarse crumbs. When your done cutting the butter into the flour mixture the crumbs should hold together when pressed between your fingers.
  •  Press the crumbs evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of a removable bottom tart pan. When you're patting the crumbs up the sides of the pan, pat them 1/4 inch taller than the edge of the tart pan. Place the crumb lined pan on a large plate and freeze it for 30 minutes to firm the dough and help stop the pastry from shrinking.  While your waiting for the tart to come from the freezer preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
  • After the 30 minutes in the freezer, place the tart pan on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes or until very light brown. Remove it from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Don't turn the oven off, you'll be baking the tart at 375 degrees. But in the meantime, while the crust is cooling....
  • Peel, core and cut 3 ripe pears in half lengthwise. Cut each halve into six slices. Place the pear slices in a circle (overlapping them) on the bottom of the warm crust. Set them aside a minute while we make the filling.
  • To make the filling place the following ingredients into a medium bowl:
    1 large egg
    1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
    2 Teaspoons white sugar
    Whisk the ingredients together until well blended.  Add 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted pecans and whisk to incorporate them.  Pour the filling over the pears in the tart pan making sure the filling gets into every space in the pan. Bake the tart for 30 minutes or until the filling is set and the pears are tender.  Remove it from the oven.
    Arrange your oven rack about 5 inches from the broiler. Turn the broiler on, sprinkle the top of the tart evenly with one Teaspoon white sugar. Place the tart under the broiler for 1- 2 minutes or until sugar is light brown.  Remove the tart from the oven and cool on a wire rack for an hour.