Chocolate and pear tart

Category: dessert

Origin: France

Preparation Time: quick, under 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Diet: contains dairy, wheat

Ingredients:

1 pastry

3 pears

150g of dark chocolate

2 eggs

10cl of single cream

100g of almond powder

100g of caster sugar

50g of soft butter or margarine

Preparation:

1. Follow my quick pastry recipe

2. Break the chocolate into cubes and place in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water on a low heat (bain-marie)

3. Add the cream and mix with a wooden spoon until the chocolate is completely melted

3. Pour the melted chocolate evenly on the pastry in the tart dish

4. In a bowl, beat the eggs with a whisk

5. In another bowl, mix the almond powder, softened butter or margarine and sugar, add the beaten eggs

6. Pour the mixture on top of the chocolate

7. Peel and slice the pears, dispose them in a circle on the top, pushing slightly into the almond mixture, until the tart is covered

8. Place tart in a preheated oven at moderate temperature (180C) for 30 minutes

9. Let the tart cool down before serving

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