Pear tarte tatin
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Makes
4 Servings
Janis Nicolay
Recipe : Sarah and Murray Bancroft
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vanilla sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter , cubed
- 4 to 6 Bartlett pears , peeled and quartered
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
- vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Melt sugar with water in a heavy, oven-proof 9-in. pan, until dark caramel.
- Remove from heat and add lemon juice and butter.
- Arrange pear pieces in pan in a fanned circle shape, making sure to fill in all the space.
- Cut puff pastry into a circle 1½ times the size of the pan.
- Cover pan with pastry, tucking in around the edges.
- Bake for 20 min or until pastry is golden brown.
- Let cool, and while still warm, loosen edges, cover with a serving plate and flip.
- Serve while still warm with vanilla ice cream.
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