Card Color
#797673
Card Label
Desserts
Recipe Name
Pear and Salted Caramel Tart
Difficulty
Medium
Preparation Time
00:10
Cooking Time
00:30
Total Time
00:40
Serves
8-10
Introduction
Cover with whipped cream and a generous heap of raspberries
Ingredients
- 30 Pears
- 120g Caster sugar
- 40g Salted butter
- 1/4 tsp Maldon sea salt
- Pre rolled Puff pastry
Method
- Step 1Pre heat the oven to 200C
- Step 2Peel the pears and cut into quarters, cut the core out of each piece.
- Step 3Take an oven-safe frying pan approximately 21 cm in diameter, put on the heat and add the sugar.
- Step 4Heat until the sugar starts to caramelise and turn a golden brown colour, stir with a wooden spoon until all the sugar has caramelised.
- Step 5Add the butter and whisk until it comes together to form a caramel.
- Step 6Add the pears to the pan and mix well, cook for approximately 5-6 minutes until the pears soften, take off the heat and leave to cool.
- Step 7Cut a disk from the pre rolled puff pastry, approximately 24 cm in diameter, lay over the cooled pears and tuck the edges into the bottom of the pan.
- Step 8Cook for 20 - 25 minutes in the oven. Cool slightly
- Step 9Remove from the pan by flipping over the tart onto a plate, serve with vanilla ice cream or double cream.