CHOCOLATE ALMOND PEAR TART.
We have been blessed to have an ancient pear tree right in our backyard. It is HEAVY with fruit right now, and we often hear them ker-thunking to the ground, narrowly missing the occasional chicken. We have been eating them daily, and Jesse plans on making cider and wine with the excess, but I wanted to find another way to use them. While looking for recipes, I found this one courtesy of Martha Stewart (who I am kind of obsessed with right now). It turned out great, although I would recommend par-baking the tart for a few minutes before arranging the pears on top. Mine sank a little bit and so the end product was not as lovely as Martha’s….but it tasted delicious!
Things I changed in the recipe - raw almonds mashed with the mortar and pestle, turbinado sugar & honey in place of regular sugar, apricot jam instead of apple....and our crazy wild pears instead of Bartlett.
- Hannah.
