Pear And Kumquat Tart Recipe
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 140 gm butter cubed plus extra for greasing
- 225 gm plain flour
- 55 gm caster sugar
- 1 x egg yolk
- 2 x pears
- 115 gm unsalted butter softened
- 115 gm caster sugar
- 2 x Large eggs beaten
- 115 gm grnd almonds
- 15 gm plain flour
- 8 x kumquats
- 225 gm apricot jam or possibly apple jelly and 1 tsp fresh lemon juice to glaze
- Â Â thick Greek lowfat yoghurt to serve
Directions
- Lightly grease a 25cm flan tin.
- Make the shortbread
- Place the flour in a bowl and rub in the butter un the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar make a well in the centre and fold in the egg yolk to bind.
- Gather up the mix in your hands and pr into a ball.
- Roll out between two sheets of waxed paper remove the waxed paper and line the flan tin with the shortbread using your fingers to press it in.
- Cover with plastic film and refrigeratefor 30 min.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Core a quarter the pears and place in a bowl of water.
- Cream the butter sugar with an electric whisk till light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg then the almonds and flour.
- Spread proportionately over the chilled base.
- Drain and dry the pear quarters then taking care not to cut through the narrow end make thin parallel cuts across each one.
- Carefully lift with a palette knife and arrange the filling like the spokes of a wheel.
- Halve a kumquat and slice the rest.
- Place one half in the centre cut the other into slices then arrange all the slices around the pears.
- Bake for 10 min reduce the temperature to 180C/350F/Mark4 and bake for 20-25 min till golden.
- In a small pan gently heat the jam or possibly jelly and lemon juice for 12 min then pass through a fine sieve into a bowl.
- Remove the tart from the oven and brush over the glaze while still warm.
- Serve hot or possibly at room temperature with thick greek lowfat yoghurt.
- Serves 8
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 194g | |
| Recipe makes 8 servings | |
| Calories 520 | |
| Calories from Fat 274 | 53% |
| Total Fat 31.35g | 39% |
| Saturated Fat 17.64g | 71% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 124mg | 41% |
| Sodium 144mg | 6% |
| Potassium 243mg | 7% |
| Total Carbs 53.94g | 14% |
| Dietary Fiber 4.2g | 14% |
| Sugars 20.95g | 14% |
| Protein 7.71g | 12% |
