Tarte aux poires et chocolate
Pear and Chocolate Tart
Pronounced: tahrt / oh / pwahr / ay / shoh koh lah
INGREDIENTS:
Sweet pastry dough - See Recipe Link Above
8 oz sweet, dark chocolate
1 cup Crème fraiche
3 large ripe pears, peeled, cored and halved
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Tablespoons poire William or pear brandy
Preheat oven to 425°
1. Line the tart pan with pastry.
2. In a double boiler, meet chocolate over very low heat. Stir in 3 tablespoons crème fraiche.
3. Spread chocolate mixture evenly over pastry.
4. Slice pears into fans by cutting lengthwise from bottom almost to top of the pear.
5. Fan pears over the chocolate and place in a circle around the pan.
6. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, but keep the oven on.
7. Mix remaining crème fraiche, egg, vanilla and pear brandy together. Pour around pears covering the chocolate, sprinkle w/ sugar.
8. Return to oven and bake until golden, 5-10 minutes. Let cool and cut into thin slices to serve.
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