Chocolate Pear Tart

Name: Chocolate Pear Tart
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 180 min
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan; 1 cup whole blanched almonds; 0.75 cup sugar; 3 large eggs; 0.333 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 0.5 teaspoon salt; 0.25 teaspoon almond extract (optional); 3 firm, ripe Bartlett pears; 0.5 lemon; 2 tablespoons apple jelly

3.5

(129)

10 Reviews

By

Martha Stewart Editors

Updated on May 16, 2017

Prep Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

3 hrs

Servings:

8

This luscious chocolate tart is topped with sliced pears.

Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
1 cup whole blanched almonds
¾ cup sugar
3 large eggs
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
3 firm, ripe Bartlett pears
½ lemon
2 tablespoons apple jelly

Directions

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

Cook's Notes

For a pretty effect, arrange slices so the curved edges all face the same way and the narrow ends point toward the center of the tart.