Incredibly delicious tart from my favorite chef Philippe (Meilleur du chef). This chocolate pear tart is a little long to prepare, but without a doubt, worth it!
At the request of friends, my translation from French with slight deviations from the original recipe.
if you like it, please try my other desserts.
Chocolate pear tart
The dough can be prepared by hand, in a food processor or using a mixer.
Ingredients
Almond Shortcrust Pastry
- 200 g flour
- 120 g softened butter
- 75 g powdered sugar
- 30 g almond flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp liquid vanilla (or 1 packet of vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla pod)
Almond Cream
- 50 g almond flour
- A dash lemon juice
- 45 g sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 egg whiltes
- 3-4 ripe pears
Chocolate Ganache
- 150 ml heavy cream (35%)
- 210 g chocolate chips 60 % cocoa
- 50 g grated dark chocolate
Instructions
Almond Shortcrust Pastry
- Sift the flour and powdered sugar into a bowl or onto a work surface. Add almond flour and butter cubes. Rub with your hands until it becomes crumbly.
- Add the egg and liquid vanilla. Mix everything quickly. Once it forms into a ball, the dough is ready.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 170°C (340°F). Roll out the dough thinly between parchment paper or plastic wrap.
- Transfer the dough to a tart pan, pressing it against the bottom and sides. Trim off any excess dough. (In the example, a baking ring is used.)
- Poke the entire surface with a fork.
- Bake in the oven for 15–20 minutes until golden. Remove and cool.
Almond Cream
- Mix sugar with egg yolks. Add lemon juice and almond flour.
- Beat the egg whites into stiff peaks.
- Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the almond mixture.
- Peel the pears, cut them in half, and remove the cores. Slice them very thinly.
- Spread the almond-egg mixture evenly over the cooled tart crust. Arrange the pear slices decoratively on top.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. Remove the tart from the oven and let it cool.
Chocolate Ganache
- Carefully remove the tart from the pan. Cut a long strip of parchment paper about 5 cm wide. Wrap it around the tart and secure it with tape.
- Heat the cream to a boil and pour it over the chocolate. Let it sit for 1–2 minutes.
- Stir until smooth to create a thick ganache.
- Pour the ganache over the tart and smooth the surface.
- Sprinkle with grated chocolate.
- Let it set at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Once the ganache is firm, remove the parchment strip.
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French Pear pie (Tarte Bourdaloue)
The tarte Bourdaloue is a pie with pears and almonds; created by a Parisian pastry chef in the nineteenth century. This dessert is a variation of the amandine (almond tart).
French Pear pie (Tarte Bourdaloue)
Almond cream, pears and some almonds: a dessert for real gourmets.
Ingredients
Almond sweet short pastry
- 120 g softened butter
- 75 g confectioners sugar
- 30 g almond powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 egg (beat a little with a fork)
- 1 teaspoon liquid vanilla (1 packet of vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla bean)
- 200 g sifted flour
Almond cream
- 100 g softened butter
- 100 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 100 g almond powder
- 2 teaspoons sour cream
- 3 pears
More
- 15 g butter (melted)
- 1 teaspoon sledding almonds
Instructions
Almond sweet short pastry
- Sift flour and powdered sugar into a bowl or on the kitchen table. Add almond powder and the softened butter. Mix with your hands until you get a crumbly mixture.
- Add egg and liquid vanilla.
- Mix everything very quickly to form a ball. The dough is now ready.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour, or freeze if you won't bake it in the next few days.
Almond cream
- Beat butter and sugar with a mixer. Add eggs, cream and almond powder.
Preparing the pie
- Preheat the oven to 370F. Roll out the dough between 2 layers of parchment paper.
- Transfer the dough to a pan, press it down and on the sides of the pan. Cut the excess dough. Poke holes on the entire surface with a fork.
- Spread the almond cream evenly over the dough.
- Peel the pears and cut them in half. Remove the seeds. Cut into regular thin slices.
- Arrange the pear slices nicely. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with almonds.
- Bake for about 40 minutes until golden brown. Remove pie from oven and cool. You can sprinkle lightly with icing sugar before serving.
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