Chocolate Pear Tart

Source
Everyday Food, December 2006
Chocolate Pear Tart
  • prep 15 mins
  • total time 3 hours
  • servings 8

Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan

  • 1 cup whole blanched almonds

  • 3/4 cup sugar

  • 3 large eggs

  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

  • 3 firm, ripe Bartlett pears

  • 1/2 lemon

  • 2 tablespoons apple jelly

Directions

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-inch removable-bottom tart pan with butter; set aside.

  2. Step 2

    In a food processor, combine almonds and sugar; process until very finely ground. Add butter, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, salt, and almond extract, if using; process until combined. Spread mixture evenly in prepared pan.

  3. Step 3

    Peel, halve, and core pears; cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, rubbing them with lemon as you work (to prevent discoloration). Arrange slices on chocolate mixture, slightly overlapping, without pressing in.

  4. Step 4

    Place pan on a baking sheet; bake until top is puffed and a toothpick inserted in center of chocolate mixture comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool completely in pan.

  5. Step 5

    Briefly heat jelly in the microwave or on the stove until liquefied. Gently brush pears with jelly; let set, at least 20 minutes. Remove tart from pan, and serve.

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Reviews (8)

  • cjdbgd
    12 Oct, 2011

    Delicious! Easy to make but tastes much more labor intensive. I only needed two pears. I love almond extract so I used a whole teaspoon. Next time I might also add some rum extract. I don't have a tart pan with a removable-bottom so I used a regular one with non-stick aluminum foil. The tart didn't stick but started to break apart when I tried to remove it.
  • ThePDXFoodie
    24 May, 2011

    Great recipe! The tart is rich and the pears are subtle. Three pears is too many, though. I only used two. Also, be sure to butter the sides of the tart pan VERY well or it will stick.
  • swillia
    1 Nov, 2010

    I made this last night and although delicious, all my pears sank down into the chocolate tart, so it didn't look as pretty as the picture. Not sure what I did wrong - maybe the slices were too thick?
  • MoxRogers
    14 Oct, 2009

    Made this last night-the almond extract really added just the right touch. Yum! And pretty too!
  • ATeaLeaf
    28 Feb, 2009

    Lovely!
  • ATeaLeaf
    28 Feb, 2009

    Lovely!
  • cali_kelley
    21 Feb, 2009

    Delicious! Super easy! I only needed 2 pears. I made this for a ladies night and they were rather impressed. The girls thought I actually bought the tart. Then I told them that I made it!
  • ninoska
    27 Dec, 2008

    super easy !!! and delishh recipe. I wonder if apples work .
    This is a keeper !!
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