Perfect pear frangipane tart

Name: Perfect pear frangipane tart | Asda Good Living
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g Extra Special All Butter Pastry Case; 50g softened butter; 50g caster sugar; 50g ground almonds; 15g self-raising flour, sieved; 1/2 tsp almond essence; 1 large egg; 1-2 small ripe pears, quartered, cored and thinly sliced; 1tbsp flaked almonds l Icing sugar, for dusting; 1tbsp smooth apricot jam, warmed

The finishing touch to an autumn Sunday lunch, served with custard or cream

By Asda Good Living,16th November 2016

(26 votes)

Cook: 50 Mins

Serves: 10

Price: 53p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 74g serving contains

Energy
669kj
216kcal

11%

Fat
11.8g

Med
17%

Saturates
5.6g

Med
28%

Sugars
12.6g

High
14%

Salt
0.22g

Low
4%

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
904kj/216kcal

Ingredients

175g Extra Special All Butter Pastry Case

50g softened butter

50g caster sugar

50g ground almonds

15g self-raising flour, sieved

1/2 tsp almond essence

1 large egg

1-2 small ripe pears, quartered, cored and thinly sliced

1tbsp flaked almonds l Icing sugar, for dusting

1tbsp smooth apricot jam, warmed

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Put the pastry case on a baking sheet.

Put the butter, caster sugar, ground almonds, flour, almond essence and egg in a bowl. Beat together until smooth and creamy.

Spread the mixture evenly over the pastry case. Arrange the pear slices on top and scatter with the flaked almonds. Bake for 40 mins until golden.

Dust the tart with icing sugar, then brush the pears with the apricot jam. Serve warm or cold.