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Pear Tart 09

Make Pear Tart 09 at home with Sugar, Heavy Cream, and Hot Water. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup
• 1 cup
• 3 tbsp
• 1 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Combine wine, sugar, and ginger.

2. 2

   Bring to boil and simmer for 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Peel pears, cut into halves, and core them.

4. 4

   Drain pears and reserve syrup.

5. 5

   Boil syrup down to measure 1 cup, or add water to bring up to 1 cup.

6. 6

   Blend cream and cornstarch to smooth paste.

7. 7

   Stir into syrup.

8. 8

   Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.

9. 9

   Beat egg yolks with sugar and almond extract.

10. 10

    Stir syrup gradually into egg-yolk mixture.

11. 11

    Replace over low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.

12. 12

    Cool, and spread over pie-shell bottom.

13. 13

    Arrange pears on top, rounded side up and pointed side to the center.

14. 14

    Heat apricot jam and thin with water.

15. 15

    Drizzle over pears.