Świetna i łatwa. Jeśli możliwe, powinno się piec “w ostatniej chwili”, ładniej wygląda swieża
And here, to confuse the reader, the same concept but using peaches. Unfortunately they were not very ripe, hence the slicing rather crude. But the taste? Taste was pretty well all right..
If you are using very ripe pears, then there is no need to poach them, but if they’re a little on the firm side, then poach them a little as below, and you can save the poaching liquid to poach fruits another time – or even drink it.
Serves 4
- 2 large, ripe pears
- 150g butter mille feuille pastry, rolled to about one-third of a cm thick
- 1 egg yolk
- A little icing sugar for dusting
For the poaching liquid
- 250g granulated sugar
- 2-3cm cinnamon stick
- 4 cloves
- A couple of strips of lemon rind
- If your pears are on the firm side, peel them, leaving the stalks on, and remove the core with an apple corer or a small, sharp knife.
- Put enough water in a saucepan to cover the pears, add the rest of the ingredients and bring to the boil stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the pears and simmer them for about 30 minutes, or until the pears feel tender when you insert the point of a small knife.
- Remove the pears from the liquid and leave to cool. Alternatively, leave to cool in the liquid.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
- Slice the pears vertically about six times, leaving the stalks on.
- Lay the puff pastry on a baking tray and place the pears on top about 8cm apart.
- Push the pears down to flatten them, then cut around them leaving a 1 cm border of pastry all the way around.
- Brush the border with egg yolk and then dust the pears with a little icing sugar.
- Bake the tarts for about 20-25 minutes until the pastry is golden and the pears have coloured a little.
Serve with thick cream or ice-cream.