Name: Pear tart with blue cheese and hazelnuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed; 4 pears, thinly sliced lengthways; 2 tablespoon maple syrup; 125 gram blue cheese, crumbled; 60 gram hazelnuts, coarsely chopped; 1 egg, lightly beaten

Pear tart with blue cheese and hazelnuts

The combination of pear, blue cheese and hazelnut is unexpected but a proven winner.

Serves 8

Prep

15M

Cook

25M

Total

40M

Ingredients

2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed

4 pears, thinly sliced lengthways

2 tablespoon maple syrup

125 gram blue cheese, crumbled

60 gram hazelnuts, coarsely chopped

1 egg, lightly beaten

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

2.Join pastry sheets to make a 20cm x 30cm rectangle. Lay on prepared tray. With a sharp knife, score a 1cm rim around edge of pastry, taking care not to cut all the way through. Prick inside rim with a fork. Arrange pear slices inside rim. Drizzle with maple syrup and scatter with blue cheese and hazelnuts.

3.Brush outside edge of pastry with egg. Bake for 25 minutes, until pastry is puffed and golden. Serve.

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