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Gallery Chocolate Pear Tart Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 3 hrs Servings: 8
Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan 1 cup whole blanched almonds 3/4 cup sugar 3 large eggs 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional) 3 firm, ripe Bartlett pears 1/2 lemon 2 tablespoons apple jelly
Cook’s Notes For a pretty effect, arrange slices so the curved edges all face the same way and the narrow ends point toward the center of the tart.
Gallery Chocolate Pear Tart
Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 3 hrs Servings: 8
Gallery
Chocolate Pear Tart
Chocolate Pear Tart
Chocolate Pear Tart
Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 3 hrs Servings: 8
Recipe Summary
prep: 15 mins total: 3 hrs
Servings: 8
prep: 15 mins
total: 3 hrs
prep:
15 mins
total:
3 hrs
Servings: 8
8
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan 1 cup whole blanched almonds 3/4 cup sugar 3 large eggs 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional) 3 firm, ripe Bartlett pears 1/2 lemon 2 tablespoons apple jelly
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-inch removable-bottom tart pan with butter; set aside.
In a food processor, combine almonds and sugar; process until very finely ground. Add butter, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, salt, and almond extract, if using; process until combined. Spread mixture evenly in prepared pan.
Peel, halve, and core pears; cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, rubbing them with lemon as you work (to prevent discoloration). Arrange slices on chocolate mixture, slightly overlapping, without pressing in.
Place pan on a baking sheet; bake until top is puffed and a toothpick inserted in center of chocolate mixture comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool completely in pan.
Briefly heat jelly in the microwave or on the stove until liquefied. Gently brush pears with jelly; let set, at least 20 minutes. Remove tart from pan, and serve.
Cook’s Notes For a pretty effect, arrange slices so the curved edges all face the same way and the narrow ends point toward the center of the tart.
Cook’s Notes
For a pretty effect, arrange slices so the curved edges all face the same way and the narrow ends point toward the center of the tart.
Reviews (10)
Add Rating & Review 129 Ratings 5 star values: 19 4 star values: 55 3 star values: 37 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 5
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Add Rating & Review 129 Ratings 5 star values: 19 4 star values: 55 3 star values: 37 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 5
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129 Ratings 5 star values: 19 4 star values: 55 3 star values: 37 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 5
129 Ratings 5 star values: 19 4 star values: 55 3 star values: 37 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 5
129 Ratings 5 star values: 19 4 star values: 55 3 star values: 37 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 5
5 star values: 19 4 star values: 55 3 star values: 37 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 5
Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 11/29/2016 Delicious!! I allowed the pears to be cooked inside the tart batter, and covered top of tart with chocolate ganache. I was inspired from carving an 'apple turkey' from when I was a kid (look it up on youtube) and figured the color and shape of a pear would lend well to carve a swan. The swan would need a dark base, hence the chocolate ganache. Poach a pear for the swan. Line rim of 'pond' with sliced almonds. Make head and neck of swan from piece of raw pear dipped in lemon juice. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/01/2013 This was fabulous! It took a lot of restraint not to eat the whole thing the first night! Mine wasn't as pretty as the picture as the pears sunk in the batter, probably because I tried to fit all 3 pears on top. And because they sunk, I didn't brush it with the apple jelly. Next time only 2 pears, and I'll try the jelly or maybe a little amaretto... Martha Stewart Member Rating: 4 stars 10/12/2011 Delicious! Easy to make but tastes much more labor intensive. I only needed two pears. I love almond extract so I used a whole teaspoon. Next time I might also add some rum extract. I don't have a tart pan with a removable-bottom so I used a regular one with non-stick aluminum foil. The tart didn't stick but started to break apart when I tried to remove it. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 05/24/2011 Great recipe! The tart is rich and the pears are subtle. Three pears is too many, though. I only used two. Also, be sure to butter the sides of the tart pan VERY well or it will stick. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 11/01/2010 I made this last night and although delicious, all my pears sank down into the chocolate tart, so it didn't look as pretty as the picture. Not sure what I did wrong - maybe the slices were too thick? Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/14/2009 Made this last night-the almond extract really added just the right touch. Yum! And pretty too! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 02/28/2009 Lovely! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 02/21/2009 Delicious! Super easy! I only needed 2 pears. I made this for a ladies night and they were rather impressed. The girls thought I actually bought the tart. Then I told them that I made it! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/27/2008 super easy !!! and delishh recipe. I wonder if apples work . This is a keeper !!Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated 11/29/2016
Delicious!! I allowed the pears to be cooked inside the tart batter, and covered top of tart with chocolate ganache. I was inspired from carving an ‘apple turkey’ from when I was a kid (look it up on youtube) and figured the color and shape of a pear would lend well to carve a swan. The swan would need a dark base, hence the chocolate ganache. Poach a pear for the swan. Line rim of ‘pond’ with sliced almonds. Make head and neck of swan from piece of raw pear dipped in lemon juice.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated 10/01/2013
This was fabulous! It took a lot of restraint not to eat the whole thing the first night! Mine wasn’t as pretty as the picture as the pears sunk in the batter, probably because I tried to fit all 3 pears on top. And because they sunk, I didn’t brush it with the apple jelly. Next time only 2 pears, and I’ll try the jelly or maybe a little amaretto…
Rating: 4 stars 10/12/2011
Delicious! Easy to make but tastes much more labor intensive. I only needed two pears. I love almond extract so I used a whole teaspoon. Next time I might also add some rum extract. I don’t have a tart pan with a removable-bottom so I used a regular one with non-stick aluminum foil. The tart didn’t stick but started to break apart when I tried to remove it.
Rating: 4 stars
Rating: Unrated 05/24/2011
Great recipe! The tart is rich and the pears are subtle. Three pears is too many, though. I only used two. Also, be sure to butter the sides of the tart pan VERY well or it will stick.
Rating: Unrated 11/01/2010
I made this last night and although delicious, all my pears sank down into the chocolate tart, so it didn’t look as pretty as the picture. Not sure what I did wrong - maybe the slices were too thick?
Rating: Unrated 10/14/2009
Made this last night-the almond extract really added just the right touch. Yum! And pretty too!
Rating: Unrated 02/28/2009
Lovely!
Rating: Unrated 02/21/2009
Delicious! Super easy! I only needed 2 pears. I made this for a ladies night and they were rather impressed. The girls thought I actually bought the tart. Then I told them that I made it!
Rating: Unrated 12/27/2008
super easy !!! and delishh recipe. I wonder if apples work . This is a keeper !!
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