Tuesdays with Dorie: French Pear Tart

My first post of the new year!

It's been a while for a TWD treat from me and I am more than excited that this week was chosen from Dorie herself! Also being the 1 year anniversary of Tuesdays with Dorie, I wanted to help celebrate! Dorie chose her French Pear Tart for us all the bake, go take a peek at hers and get the recipe!



I went with 3 fresh Red D'Anjou pears, since they had them on sale (2 lbs/$3.00). I don't have a tart pan (yet!), so I had to compromise and use a pie plate. I chose to make the nut crust with almond meal, which I also used in the almond cream. I then simply sliced the poached pears and layed them around the dessert (tart) -what do I call this since I didn't use a tart pan? ;) .



Using the fresh pears in this made me think outside the can (haha), and I'm glad I did! I have never poached pears before, I usually eat them fresh as is. These beauties came out better than any canned pear could. I had about 1 1/2 pears left over from this recipe and we enjoyed eating them as a snack. I will definitely be poaching fresh pears more often.

I thought this was really good, parts of it were chewy and yummy reminding me of a recipe I've made before. I used the apple jelly glaze and a dusting of powdered sugar. had trouble getting the pieces out of the pie plate as suspected, because some of the bottom stuck. I couldn't taste much of the pear flavor, and I think the almond flavors set in better the next day. I would love to try this again in a tart pan (which I am moving up on my amazon wish list -which my Husband really does look at it! ;) ). My kids especially adored this French Pear Tart. Thanks Dorie!