Pear and chocolate frangipane tart

Name: Pear and chocolate frangipane tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 100g/3½oz plain dark chocolate, broken into pieces; 150g/5½oz softened butter; 150g/5½oz caster sugar; 150g/5½oz ground almonds; 50g/1¾oz self-raising flour; 3 free-range eggs; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 3 firm conference pears (about 500g/1lb 2oz); 15g/½oz flaked almonds; 1 tsp icing sugar, to sift; 500g/1lb 2oz chilled ready-made puff pastry block; plain flour, for rolling

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:2h

This pear and almond tart with swirls of melted chocolate marbled through it is served either warm or cold in generous wedges with a dollop of cream. You will need a 26cm/10½in loose-based fluted flan tin, roughly 3.5cm/1¼in deep.

Updated at: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:49:51 GMT