Pear and Chocolate Tart

Name: Pear and Chocolate Tart
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups water, approximately; Juice of 1 lemon; 4 ripe pears; 3/4 cup sugar; 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate; 3 tablespoons soft unsalted butter; 2 large eggs; 1/2 cup ground hazelnuts or almonds; 3 tablespoons flour; 1 9-inch tart shell, baked; 1 cup heavy cream, whipped

By Florence Fabricant

Total Time: 1 hour
Rating: 4(61)
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Ingredients

Yield:6 to 8 servings

4cups water, approximately
Juice of 1 lemon
4ripe pears
¾cup sugar
4ounces bittersweet chocolate
3tablespoons soft unsalted butter
2large eggs
½cup ground hazelnuts or almonds
3tablespoons flour
19-inch tart shell, baked
1cup heavy cream, whipped

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Preparation

Step 1
Place the water and lemon juice in a saucepan. Peel the pears, cut them in half and core them. As each is peeled and cored, place it in the saucepan, just covered with water.
Step 2
Add one-half cup of the sugar, bring to a simmer and cook gently about 10 minutes, until the pears are just tender. Drain the pears and place them on several thicknesses of paper towel to continue draining.
Step 3
Melt the chocolate over hot water or in a microwave oven. Beat in the butter a tablespoon at a time, then beat in the eggs.
Step 4
Mix one-third cup of the hazelnuts or almonds with the flour and the remaining sugar and stir into the chocolate mixture.
Step 5
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 6
Sprinkle the remaining hazelnuts or almonds over the bottom of the baked tart shell. Cut each pear half into four thick slices and arrange the slices close together in the tart shell. Spread the chocolate mixture over the pears.
Step 7
Bake 30 minutes. Serve warm or cooled to room temperature with whipped cream on the side.

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Comments

js7 years ago

A shell, already baked, is on the ingredient list.

Stacy4 years ago

I made this yesterday and let it chill overnight. It was amazing. The only change I made was I used cocoa dusted almonds instead of plain to add another depth of chocolate flavor. My neighbors loved it too! Will definitely make this again.

Peggy7 years ago

I tried this using 85% cacao chocolate, which seemed bittersweet to me. The outcome was a bit odd: the chocolate topping, though delicious, was muddy and resisted my attempts at spreading it.

Also, a little unclear on slicing the pears -- are they to be put back together as eight pear halves, or fanned out over the surface of the tart shell? Photo would have been helpful.

So, funny-looking but delicious. Stuck a few candles in it and celebrated a friend's birthday with a good laugh.

mw7 years ago

This seems to be missing the step where you bake the shell... We go straight from "Preheat oven to 350 degrees." to "Sprinkle the remaining hazelnuts or almonds over the bottom of the baked tart shell."

js7 years ago

A shell, already baked, is on the ingredient list.

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