Easy pear tart is a delicious and impressive dessert that is perfect for family dinners or a holiday dessert. Juicy sliced pears are fanned onto flaky pastry, baked until golden brown, then brushed with pear preserves for a delicious glossy sheen.
Free-form fruit tarts are quick and delicious use of seasonal fruit and because there’s fruit you can feel less guilty about eating dessert.This is a versatile dessert because I like to use same recipe and change it up between pear and apple. Today, it’s pear.
This a dessert that is light and not too heavy. Perfect after a big meal with a scoop of French vanilla ice cream and we all know the biggest meal of the year is Thanksgiving so why not serve this?, The tart serves 12 so if you’re cooking for a crowd, this is the dessert for you.
Easy pear tart
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 /2 sticks unsalted butter 6 ounces, cold, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 4 bosc or anjou pears
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 tablespoons pear apricot or peach jam
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Instructions
- To a food processor add the flour, salt, sugar and butter. Pulse until butter is combined.
- With the processor running, drizzle in the cold water until it start so clump and come together.
- Transfer the dough to a floured surface and shape into a flattened ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- On a floured surface, roll the dough to a 11 x 15 rectangle. Roll the pastry over the rolling in and transfer to the baking sheet. Refrigerate.
- Slice the pears lengthwise in 1/4 inch slices.
- Arrange the pear slices on the pastry, brush pastry edges and pears with melted butter and sprinkle evenly with the sugar.
- Bake for 30 minutes until the pastry is golden then remove from the oven.
- Heat the preserves in a microwave-safe dish for 20 seconds then brush all over the tart.
- Serve warm or room temperature.
Other fruit desserts:
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- Homemade chocolate apples
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- Apple and blackberry crumble
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- Salted caramel upside down cake
Beautifully executed! I love peach and apricot added. All favorites of mine. Thanks!
This is one of my favorite fall desserts. I have a pear tart recipe that uses honey and rosemary and it is a fan and family favorite. Perfect way to celebrate the changing of the seasons.
Such a beautiful dish, yet so simple to make! Utterly perfect!
This really is my kind of dessert – a little pastry and fruit – not a lot of sugar! Well done!
This is how I like my dessert– gorgeous and easy. Love this– I’ll have to pick up some puff pastry next time I’m at the store!
Beautiful recipe. I bet the pears taste terrific all roasted in the oven like this. Mmm…. perfect for Fall:)
Move over pumpkin pie ~ this is absolutely stunning, Janette!
Oooh, this does look easy! And so delicious!
Hooray for pear season! Pears are my all-time favorite fruit – I seriously can’t get enough of them! So when I saw this pear tart I had to wipe the drool off of my computer. This looks truly phenomenal, Janette!
Love pears! Looks gorgeous! Pinned!
Gorgeously simple, Janette. I recently ‘discovered’ making pastry in a food processor and you’re right, it’s so easy!
This would be a lovely quick dessert to serve to guests, and I can think of so many variations.