Gourmet Fruit Tart with Sugar Work
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
45 min.
Preparation
ready in 2 h. 20 min.
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Ingredients
for
4
- For the tartlets
- ½ cup flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 0.333 cup ground almonds
- 2 Tbsps cream (at least 30% fat)
- ¼ cup butter (flaked)
- For the topping
- ½ cup white wine
- 2 Tbsps lemon juice
- 4 small, ripe Pear (peeled)
- 4 Tbsps Crème fraiche
- ½ cup sugar
Preparation steps
1.
Mix together the flour, sugar and the almonds. Add the cream and the butter and quickly knead into a shortcrust pastry. Wrap in cling-film and chill for 30 minutes.
2.
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C in a fan oven), 400°F, gas 6 and grease 4 tartlet dishes with butter.
3.
Mix together the white wine, lemon juice, 2 tbsp sugar and 125 ml water in a pot and bring to the boil.
4.
Leaving the stems on, poach the pears in the hot liquid, remove and leave to cool.
5.
Remove the pastry from the fridge and line the prepared tartlet dishes with it. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Remove and leave to cool.
6.
Slice the pears upwards towards the stems and remove the cores. The fruit should not fall apart.
7.
Spread a spoonful of creme fraiche onto each tartlet and place a pear on top.
8.
Caramelise the remaining sugar in a pot. Use a spoon to whip the caramel into thin strands. Place these on an oiled piece of aluminium foil and leave to harden. Once firm, carefully remove them from the foil and use to garnish the tartlets. Serve immediately.
