Pear Tart w/Maple “Caramel”

Name: Pear Tart w/Maple “Caramel”
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed; 4-5 pears, cored and thinly sliced; 1 egg, beaten

shauna.bradney @SJ2213

Aurora, Colorado

Pear Tart w/Maple “Caramel”

shauna.bradney @SJ2213

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Ingredients

1 sheetfrozen puff pastry, thawed
4-5pears, cored and thinly sliced
1egg, beaten
1/8-1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
Whipped cream

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Steps

1

Heat oven to 400F.
2

Unfold pastry on parchment paper. With a rolling pin, roll the pastry 1/2 inch bigger on all sides.
3

Slide parchment with pastry onto baking sheet.
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Arrange pears on tart leaving 1/2 inch border all the way around.
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Brush border with beaten egg.
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Sprinkle whole tart with sugar.
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While tart is baking make maple “caramel”, directions at the bottom.
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Bake 20 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 350F.
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Continue baking 10-12 minutes until crust is golden and pears are tender.
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Drizzle “caramel” over entire tart.
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Serve with whip cream.
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To make maple “caramel” simmer syrup on low for 10-12 minutes until reduced by half.
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Can replace pears with apples.