This impressive-looking tart is much simpler to make than it appears.

Directions

Prepare the Dough

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Butter a 10-inch (25-cm) springform pan.

2. Roll out the dough to ¼-inch (½-cm) thickness and place over the tart pan.

3. Press into the pan, gently pressing against the sides. Using a rolling pin, press against the outer rim to remove excess dough.

Prepare the Filling

1. Beat the butter or margarine with the sugar.

2. Add eggs, one at a time, and then add the vanilla extract, beating after each addition.

3. Add flour and blanched almonds. Pour batter into prepared pie shell and smooth out. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

4. Peel pears and slice them into thin wedges. Place in a fan-like design over the filling. Sprinkle with vanilla sugar. Bake for 1 hour.

Credits

Photography: Daniel Lailah

Food Styling: Amit Farber

Recipe tags

Beautiful presentation Dairy or pareve Dairy or parve Estee Kafra Fruit Fruit tarts Fruity Fruity desserts Light Pastry dough Pears Pies Puff pastry Simple Succos Succot Sukkos Tarts Tu b'shavat Tu b'shevat Tu b'shvat Tu bishvat

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Abigail Bergman

3 years ago

Super sweet fresh tart I made this tart using an alternative brand of puff pastry. I found it formed quite a thick crust, which didn’t stick very well together at the joins in the puff pastry. Then again this was my first time working with puff pastry. The tart was delightfully moist, but I found it much too sweet for my taste – I would suggest omitting the final sprinkling of vanilla sugar. It also acquired a slightly alcoholic flavour, but this may be due to the age of the pears I used.

The proportions of crust to filling were perfect and the recipe was easy to follow. The combination of pear and almond was delicious.