Martha's recipe begins by poaching firm but ripe Bartlett pears in a dry white wine syrup that has a cinnamon stick, a vanilla bean, some lemon zest, and lemon juice. They are then cooled, sliced and arranged on an unbaked tart that has been filled with a frangipane filling. Frangipane is an almond filling made with finely ground almonds, sugar, egg, butter, and in this case almond extract and golden rum. I left it in the oven a few minutes too long, and put a little too much of the frangipane, but it didn't really matter in the end.
Here is my beautiful tart before I baked it.
If you have too many poached pears, as I did, you can either make another tart (I'll be posting my second pear tart soon), or eat them with a little cream, whipped cream, or ricotta with cream, sugar, and cinnamon for a second simple dessert or breakfast treat. This morning I sat down with a poached pear drizzled with cream and watched Masterpiece Mystery's Inspector Lewis. It was a much needed break between my days which are cram-packed with physics and chemistry homework.
I hope you look into Martha's book, Pies and Tarts. She has a new edition out which I haven't looked over yet, but her original from 1985 is truly inspired. Any pie and tart lover should buy this book.
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