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    Pear Tart

    Servings: 8
    Preparation and cooking time: 50 minutes

    Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 4 Tbs sugar
  • 2 Tbs seedless raisins
  • 2 Tbs Rum (or Cognac if you do not have Rum)
  • 9-inch ready to cook pie crust or use the crust recipe given at http://www.francemonthly.com/Normandy_beach_France/recipe.php
  • 6 ripe Williams pears or 1 LB (13 OZ) can of pear halves
  • zest of 1/3 of an orange


  • Directions:

    Put the raisins in a glass. Cover the raisins with warm water and rum and leave for 15 minutes.
    Heat oven to 350 degrees F.

    Place the pastry in a buttered pie dish.
    In a large bowl, mix the 2 eggs with heavy cream, milk, 2 Tbs of sugar (out of the 4) and the orange zest.
    Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
    Drain raisins and scatter on mixture.
    Drain pears (or peel them if fresh fruits) and slice length wise (about 6 slices per pear half).
    Place them into the pie crust regularly.
    Sprinkle the 2 last Tbs of sugar on top of the pie.

    Place the pie dish in the oven and bake for 45 minutes at 350 F.
    Bon Appétit!


 
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