Almond cream, pears and some almonds: a dessert for real gourmets.
Prep Time35 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Resting time1 hourhr
Total Time2 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Almond cream, almonds, mycafegourmand, pear pie, pear tart, shortcrust pastry, tarte Bourdaloue
Servings: 1tart
Author: Natalija
Ingredients
Almond sweet short pastry
120gsoftened butter
75gconfectioners sugar
30galmond powder
1pinch ofsalt
1egg(beat a little with a fork)
1teaspoonliquid vanilla (1 packet of vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla bean)
200gsifted flour
Almond cream
100gsoftened butter
100gsugar
2 eggs
100galmond powder
2teaspoonssour cream
3pears
More
15gbutter(melted)
1teaspoonsledding 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.