Pear and frangipane tart

Name: Pear and frangipane tart
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 320 g puff pastry sheet, unrolled; 100 g unsalted butter, softened; 100 g caster sugar, plus 1⁄2 tbsp for sprinkling; 100 g ground almonds; ½ tsp almond extract; 1 tbsp plain flour; 1 pinch salt; 1 medium British Blacktail Free Range Egg, beaten; 3 Essential Conference Pears, halved, cored and cut into wedges; 1 tbsp flaked almonds

A show-stopping dessert that's destined to impress dinner party guests or friends and family. The tart also works well with apples instead of pears, or adding chocolate for a richer flavour.

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Vegetarian

Serves8
CourseDessert
Prepare15 mins
Cook45 mins
Total time1 hr

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320g puff pastry sheet, unrolled
100g unsalted butter, softened
100g caster sugar, plus 1⁄2 tbsp for sprinkling
100g ground almonds
½ tsp almond extract
1 tbsp plain flour
1 pinch salt
1 medium British Blacktail Free Range Egg, beaten
3 Essential Conference Pears, halved, cored and cut into wedges
1 tbsp flaked almonds

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C, gas mark 6. Lay the sheet of pastry on a large, parchment-lined baking tray. Use a sharp knife to score a border 2cm around the edge of the pastry and then prick the base all over with a fork. Bake for 10-12 minutes, then remove from the oven and flatten the base.
Using electric beaters, cream the butter and sugar for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Beat in the ground almonds, almond extract, flour and salt until combined. Brush a little of the beaten egg around the border of the pastry, then beat the rest into the frangipane mixture.
Spread the frangipane over the base of the tart and arrange the pear wedges on top. Scatter with the flaked almonds, then sprinkle over 1⁄2 tbsp caster sugar. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden and set, covering loosely with a sheet of foil if it browns too quickly on top.