Pear Tarts Recipe

Pear Tarts Recipe: This pear tart is lovely and delicious at the same time! It features a lovely brown sugar crumb topping, sliced pears on top of a delightfully flaky crust.

I adore a good, versatile classic dessert that works well for any occasion, like this pear tart. These cheesecakes, this caramel apple slab pie, and this strawberry shortcake are a few more of my favorites.

Pear Tarts Recipe

Ingredients 

Crust

• 1 ½ Cup Flour
• ¼ Cup Granulated Sugar

• ¼ Teaspoon Salt
• ¼ Cup Unsalted butter, Cold

• 1 Egg Yolk
• 2-4 Tablespoons cold water, as needed

Instructions 

Crust

• Combine the flour, sugar, and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture with a fork or pastry blender, and keep cutting until the mixture starts to resemble breadcrumbs.

• Next, add two tablespoons of the cooled water and stir as well as you can with a fork to include the egg yolk. Work the dough into a ball by kneading it gently and adding extra water as needed.

• While the dough is chilling in the refrigerator for thirty minutes, wrap it in plastic wrap and prepare the oven to 375°.
  Roll out the refrigerated dough to a circle that is ¼ inch thick. Give the dough a few minutes to warm up a little before attempting to roll it again if it is cracking. Roll the crust onto the rolling pin, then unroll it onto the tart pan to transfer it.

• In the pan, press the edges and bottom firmly. Roll the rolling pin over the tart pan’s top to trim off any extra dough. Using a fork, prick the pan’s bottom many times. Store in the refrigerator until the topping and pears are ready.

Stuffing

• To a large bowl, add the cut pears, lemon juice, cornstarch, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Mix until well blended. Until the crumb topping is ready, set it aside.

Crumb-Topping

• Combine the butter, sugar, and flour in a medium-sized bowl. Using a pastry cutter or your fingertips, blend until it forms small crumbles.

Assembly

• Place the pears in the cold crust, then sprinkle the crumbs on top.

• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the pears are softly melted into the topping and the crust’s edges are golden brown.

• Remove from the tart pan and allow to cool for ten to fifteen minutes before serving.

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Nutrition

• Calories: 280 kcal Carbohydrates: 50g Protein: 3gFat: 8g Saturated Fat: 5g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans

• Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 43 mg Sodium: 91mg Potassium: 129mgFiber: 3gSugar: 26g Vitamin A: 270 IU Vitamin C: 4mg Calcium: 27mg

FAQs AND QUESTIONs

Why do I need to use cold butter?

• Using cold butter is a MUST when it comes to making a pear tart recipe (or any crust or pastry). You need cold butter because you don’t want the butter to melt as you are mixing it in. The cold butter helps create a barrier and air pockets that make it a flaky and delicious crust!

How to Store Leftover Pear Tart

• If you have any pear tart leftover then it needs to be stored in your fridge. Covers it and it will last for about 1-2 days.