Wine-Poached Pear Tart
This elegant Wine-poached Pear Tart rises above the ranks of traditional fruit pie recipes with the subtle flavors of white wine, almond, and nutmeg.
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons butter (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 bottle (3 1/2 cups) white wine
- zest from 1/2 lemon
- 8 firm pears
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Combine flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt. Cut in 10 tablespoons butter.
- Mix egg yolk with 1 tablespoon cold water and mix with flour mixture.
- Gather dough into a ball. Roll out the dough, and fit it into a 10-inch tart pan.
- Bake the crust at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes.
- Combine wine, 3/4 cup sugar, and zest, and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Peel, halve, and core the pears. Add them to the pot, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove 6 pear halves and continue cooking remaining pears 15 minutes.
- Remove remaining pears and process them with almond extract and nutmeg.
- Spread puree in tart shell. Slice reserved pears and arrange on top.
- Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar and broil until lightly browned.
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