Name: Apple and pear tart
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 beurre boss pears, cored; 1 green apple, peeled, cored; 2 tablespoon lemon juice; 90 gram butter, chopped; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 375 gram block puff pastry; cream or ice-cream, to serve

Apple and pear tart

Prepare a deliciously sweet apple and pear tart in no time at all - wonderfully syrupy and buttery, perfect for a cool winter's evening.

Serves 6

Prep

15M

Cook

35M

Total

50M

Ingredients

2 beurre boss pears, cored

1 green apple, peeled, cored

2 tablespoon lemon juice

90 gram butter, chopped

3/4 cup caster sugar

375 gram block puff pastry

cream or ice-cream, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderately hot, 190°C (170°C fan-forced).

2.Thinly slice pears and apple. Drizzle with lemon juice and set aside.

3.Melt butter in an ovenproof, 28cm frying pan on medium heat. Add sugar, swirling pan to dissolve. Remove from heat and arrange fruit slices in a pattern over base of pan. Return to medium heat and cook, 5-10 minutes, until syrup turns golden. Remove from heat.

4.On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to a 28cm circle, about 0.5cm thick. Cover fruit in pan with pastry, tucking edges under.

5.Bake 20-25 minutes, until pastry is puffed and golden. Cool in pan 10 minutes before inverting onto serving plate. Serve in wedges with cream or ice-cream.