Wine-poached Pear Tart
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs | Dessert | 8 | Servings | |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 1/3 | c | Flour |
| 3/4 | c | Plus |
| 3 | T | Granulated sugar |
| 1/4 | t | Salt |
| 12 | T | Butter |
| 1 | Egg yolk | |
| 1 | Bottle, 3-1/2 cups white | |
| wine | ||
| 1/2 | Lemon, zest of | |
| 8 | Firm pears | |
| 1/2 | t | Almound wxtract |
| 1/2 | t | Nutmeg |
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine flour, 2 Tbs. sugar and salt. Cut in 10 Tbs. butter. Mix egg yolk with 1 Tbs. cold water and toss into flour mixture. Gather into a ball. Roll and fit into a 10" tart pan. Bake at 375 for 40 minutes. Combine wine, 3/4 cup sugar and zest and bring to a boil. Peel, halve, and core the pears. Add them to the pot, cover and simmer 20 minutes. Remove 6 pear halves and continue cooking remaining pears 15 minutes. Remove remaining pears and process them with extract and nutmeg. spread puree in tart shell. Slice reserved pears and arrange on top. Sprinkle with one Tbs. sugar and broil untill lightly browned. REC.FOOD.RECIPES ARCHIVES /FRUIT From rec.food.cooking archives. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 1019
Calories From Fat: 173
Total Fat: 19.7g
Cholesterol: 68.8mg
Sodium: 133.1mg
Potassium: 694mg
Carbohydrates: 88.1g
Fiber: 5g
Sugar: 26.1g
Protein: 8.8g