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January 6, 2009 at 11:39 pm
· Filed under TWD, Recipes: Dessert
Lovely, sweet and absolutely delicious!! As I’m extremely pleased with the result, I am still grinning away while typing this. Readers who have read my previous post about my Twofer Pie will come to know that my crust went totally wrong. But this time, it’s perfect for me! The right amount of butter and proper tart pans were used and the French pear tart came out looking so good.
The recipe uses a sweet tart dough to make the crust which is actually cookie dough. It’s the base for French sables or shortbread. As I do not have a food processor, I used my hands again to rub in the butter into the flour. I halved the recipe to make 2 small tarts. Best of all, there wasn’t a need to roll out the dough. All I need to do was to press the dough into the fluted tart pans.
Canned pears were used as I couldn’t find any fresh pears in the supermarket. You can replace with other fruits like peaches, it should work well too. I didn’t really understand the instructions on the arrangement of the pears on the tart as there wasn’t any photo that came along with the recipe. My first tart looked weird and ugly as it was my first time arranging fruits on a tart. B came to my aid and helped me arrange the pears for the second one. Boy, the tart looked quite professionally done. He insisted that I take a photo of both the tarts to show everyone who did a better job.
A little problem I encounter was when the tarts were in the oven baking, the almond cream overflowed. The one that was nicely arranged had a lot of cream flowing out. I guess it’s because there were more slices of pears? And this one, the almond cream didn’t set well, still soggy after it was baked. Perhaps I forgot to pat the pears dry before putting them on the tart. On the other hand, the uglier tart didn’t have the almond cream ooze out much, and set much better.
With the nice sweet aroma lingering in the kitchen, I couldn’t wait to eat the tart! Just a few quick shots of the pear tart, I quickly got a knife to slice the tart. Oooo… Awesome!! It’s a little tart and I thought it tasted a bit like pineapple tarts. The almond filling goes so well with the pear and the sweet tart. It’s pretty hard to impress B but he commented that this pear tart is good. And that puts a smile on my face.
This week’s recipe is chosen by none other than the author of the book herself, Dorie Greenspan, for the first Tuesdays with Dorie bake for the year 2009. With Dorie choosing this French pear tart, this must be one of her favorites. It indeed was a very satisfying dessert. Thanks, Dorie!
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Hannah wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 1:56 am
How beautiful! And even the “ugly” one would be incredibly delicious, I’m sure. 
Piggy wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 2:58 am
I like how you arranged the pear slices, great job!
Vibi wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Wonderfully done, Didally! And you’re right in that it’s wayyyy too good to be shared!!! LOL So I did like you… and made tartelettes, that way… no one can say their piece wasn’t as big as the other! LOL
This all looks professional, you know! WOW!
noobcook wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 9:42 am
congrats on your beautiful & perfectly made tarts (both are beautiful, hehe) . The arrangement of the pears are really pro … good job =D btw where did u buy the tart pans from? I saw one at Ikea but it was quite huge =P
karen wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 10:07 am
wow, great job. again, it was like looking at a magazine when it popped up in my reader.
Rebecca wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I envy your tart dough skills! I totally missed out when I skipped the Two-fer Pie.
Molly W wrote @ January 7th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Congratulations! Your tart looks wonderful, and I’m sure its as tasty as it looks.
congrats on the successful bake! how do you press the dough inside the tart pan evenly? or there isn’t a need to make it even? haha. cos that time i was pressing the dough onto the tart, doesn’t seem quite possible to make it even. lol!
pear tart, looks yummy! it would be perfect if fresh pears were use! but then it would means more work too. haha
Jennifer wrote @ January 8th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Your tart is just beautiful! I love your arrangement of the pears!
noobcook wrote @ January 8th, 2009 at 9:49 am
thanks for the info about the tart pans, appreciate it =)
Evan wrote @ January 10th, 2009 at 3:53 am
omg it looks really good! and nice picture against a dark background..something which i haven’t really dare experiment.
tigerfish wrote @ January 10th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
You are baking more and more, posting more and more these days
Sihan wrote @ January 12th, 2009 at 11:37 am
oh wow! i love the way you arrange your pear slices! perfect. now i wish i could have a slice too! hehe.
Nilmandra wrote @ January 20th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Beautifully arranged indeed! And lovely photos as always.
happy Chinese new year! when’s the next post coming :p
Angela wrote @ August 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
looks delicious..will try out …nice blog..
Summer wrote @ December 29th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Yummy! i sure wanna try to make it some time!
Jodell wrote @ April 7th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Hi, happened to stumble into this blog. Think it is really nice to put in so much effort to share with the world wide web your recepie. Looks good, feels easy enough to make too. Thank you for your effort and please keep the post coming. Are there newer post? Hope to see more. I think those who read your blog thinks the same. Hopefully you don’t find us greedy for your recepie.
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