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Dark Chocolate Walnut & Pear Tart

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Prep

<30 MIN

Bake

45 mins

Serves

8

Difficulty

Medium

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This scrumptious Walnut and Pear Tart is made with a shortbread golden crust and combined with a nutty rich chocolate filling with juicy British pears for the perfect autumnal dessert.

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Golden Caster

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For the baking

Step 1

Place the butter and sugar together in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add in the egg yolk and blend again until it is thoroughly mixed.

Step 2

Add in the flour and pulse a few times until the dough is smooth and not sticky.

Step 3

Line the greased 9 inch tart tin with the dough

Chill for at least 30 minutes.

For the filling

Step 1

Beat together the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.

Step 2

Add in the eggs, ground walnuts, flour and beat until smooth. Stir in the melted chocolate. Spoon the mixture over the pastry and smooth it gently.

Step 3

Peel the pears and cut them in half length-wise.

Step 4

Remove the cores and slice nicely.

Step 5

Place sliced pears over the chocolate filling.

Step 6

Bake in a preheated oven at 170C, for about 45 minutes or until the walnut mixture is firm and the pastry is golden brown.

Step 7

Remove it from the oven, let it cool, and dust with powdered sugar or walnuts.

Ingredients – 4 items

Serving

1

For the pastry

Butter

Cold butter, cubed

6 tbsp
Pure Cane Caster Sugar

Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Pure Cane Caster Sugar

4 tbsp
Eggs

Large egg yolk

1
Flour

All purpose flour

1 1/4 cups

For the chocolate filling

Butter

Cold butter, cubed

7 tbsp
Pure Cane Caster Sugar

Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Pure Cane Caster Sugar

1 cup
Eggs

Large eggs

Beaten

3
Walnuts

Walnuts

Light toasted, finely ground

1 1/3 cups
Flour

All purpose flour

2 tbsp
Chocolate

Dark chocolate

Melted

70 g
Pears

Pear

Ripe and firm

3
Fairtrade Cane Icing Sugar

Icing sugar

For dusting

1 tbsp

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