Pear Tart

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup water, ice cold

4 Bartlett pears
1 large egg
3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
Cinnamon Pear Jelly

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). 

Combine flour and salt in a bowl. 

Cut butter into flour and salt with your fingers. 

Add water to make a dough. Form into a ball with your hands. 

Roll out the pastry evenly and line a pie dish or tart pan. 

Prebake pie crust for 5 minutes. Remove from oven.

Whisk the egg and sugar together in a bowl. Add the heavy cream slowly. Whisk together. Pour the cream mixture into the crust. Bake for 20 minutes, just until slightly set.

Quarter and core the pears and cut into thin slices. Neatly arrange the pears on the filling.

Return to oven and bake for about 10 minutes, until pears are tender.

Slightly warm Cinnamon Pear Jelly and spoon over the top.

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