Pear and Chocolate Tart

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recipe by Quentin BOYER

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 12mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    991
based on 20 ratings

A well known pear tart with almond cream on a bed of dark chocolate. I recommend you serve it with a homemade custard. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

recipe updated Feb 20, 2023

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    100 g
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    100 g
  • Conference pear icon
    Conference pear
    3
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    125 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Ground almonds icon
    Ground almonds
    125 g
  • Shortcrust pastry icon
    Shortcrust pastry
    1

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface
  • kCook icon Tart pan - 10.25 x 1"

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 220°C
  2. Fit max blade to kCook bowl
  3. Add butter and caster sugar to the kCook bowl
  4. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  5. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  6. Mix with filler cap fitted - 3 min, speed 7
  7. Then add egg and ground almonds to the kCook bowl
  8. Mix with filler cap fitted - 5 min, speed 7
  9. Add shortcrust pastry to a clean lightly floured surface
  10. Roll out into a circle
  11. Transfer pastry to tart pan
  12. Line and trim the edges
  13. Bake until light golden - 12 min, 220°C
  14. Remove from oven
  15. Spread with dark chocolate
  16. Decorate with conference pear into a circle
  17. Transfer content of kCook bowl to tart pan
  18. Spread until level
  19. Bake - 30 min, 220°C
  20. Serve
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