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Ingredients

  • 375 g ready rolled puff pastry or roll puff pastry to a rectangle about 35x25cm
  • 80g gingernut biscuits
  • 500g pears, cored and sliced thinly
  • 100g sugar
  • To serve; whipped cream, vanilla ice cream or good quality custard

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PEAR AND GINGERNUT TART

rubarb tart

Method

  • Heat the oven to 200C Unroll the pastry and place it on a well-greased baking sheet that has been lined with greaseproof paper
  • Fold over the sides to make an edge and press down with a fork
  • Crumble the gingernut biscuits and scatter over the bottom of the tart
  • When you are ready to cook the tart, toss the pears in the sugar and immediately stack it on top of the pastry and put it into the oven
  • If you wait it will start to produce a lot of liquid
  • Cook for 35-40 minutes, until the pastry is a light golden colour
  • Cut into six even sized rectangles and serve with your desired accompaniment

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