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Rustic Pear Tart

Rustic Pear Tart

I recently taught a cooking class for a bunch of lovely fellow food lovers, and during the class we made this delicious pear tart. It’s fabulously fragrant with spicy cinnamon, nutmeg and fresh ginger, and is really a cinch to pull together for a last-minute dessert. Not to mention, with some homemade vanilla whipped cream, it tastes like heaven on earth!

Pears

It’s the season of pears, and while most of the year I forget how luscious and purely decadent pears are, I always remember around this time of year to pop a pear dessert in the oven and savor the sweet smell!

The ideal pear is firm but fleshy, with a slight softness when handled. The riper the pear the sweeter it will be, so to ripen a hard pear simply leave it at room temperature until the neck of the pear yields to gently applied pressure – that’s a sign of ripeness and readiness to be baked with, cooked with or eaten as is!

Pear Tart Recipe

Try this simple pear tart for yourself sometime, and feel free to get creative with the fillings! You can also use strawberries, peaches and blueberries, or apples, just to name a few of my favorites. Either way, the result is a divinely delish dessert that is as fun to make as it is to enjoy with family and friends!

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Print Recipe

Rustic Pear Tart

Yield: Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

All-purpose flour, for dusting your work surface

1 9-inch pie dough, store bought or homemade

3 Bartlett or Bosc pears, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

2 Tablespoons heavy cream

Directions:

Heat oven to 400° F. On a lightly floured surface, roll the pie dough into one 9-inch circle. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.

In a large bowl, toss the pears, cornstarch, lemon juice, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 3 tablespoons sugar. Pour filling onto the pie crust, leaving a 2-inch border. Fold the edges of the crust over the fruit mixture.

Brush the heavy cream on the crust and sprinkle with the remaining teaspoon of sugar. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the fruit is tender, 25 to 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

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  1. Caylee says

    January 26, 2012 at 6:51 am

    How lovely.

  2. Sandra says

    January 26, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    The more rustic the better. I also clicked through to the cooking class portal and came away with some great ideas. Thank you very much.

  3. Leslie says

    January 26, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Delicious! I love making tarts! They are so forgiving!

  4. Monet says

    January 26, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    A beautiful tart. Now why don’t we get together and make something soon? I’m thinking strawberry…maybe strawberry tartletts with some kind of delicious whipped cream? Let me know! It would be perfect for Valentine’s.

  5. Georgia | The Comfort of Cooking says

    January 26, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    Monet, I’d love to get together and bake sometime soon! I’ll send you an email.

  6. Plate and Pour says

    January 26, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    Your tart look delicious and beautiful in a lovely rustic way!

  7. Jen at The Three Little Piglets says

    January 27, 2012 at 12:54 am

    There’s something so beautiful about rustic tarts!

  8. Paula says

    January 27, 2012 at 2:58 am

    The crust for this tart looks as delicious as the pear filling. Rustic is so very appealing isn’t it? I love it.

  9. thecompletecookbook says

    January 27, 2012 at 11:53 am

    I have just printed your recipe – will get to this ASAP!
    :-) Mandy

  10. Anonymous says

    January 27, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    Terrific! Would you change anything if using apples?

  11. Georgia | The Comfort of Cooking says

    January 27, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    The link to my apple tart recipe is in the post under “apples”, where you can see how the recipe might differ.

  12. Krissy's Creations says

    January 27, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    Pears are one of my favorite fruits! I love the simplicity of this tart. Yum!

  13. scrambledhenfruit says

    January 28, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Lovely! I can smell those spicy pears cooking now. :)

  14. wendyweekendgourmet says

    January 29, 2012 at 1:13 am

    Very pretty! I’m still a bit intimidated by having to fit a pie crust into a pan…but this rustic free-form tart looks like something I could do!

  15. Kelly @ Free Spirit Food says

    January 30, 2012 at 12:23 am

    I love everything with pear! So good!

  16. Amanda says

    January 31, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    This sounds like such a tasty and simple dessert! Would even go well as a bite-sized breakfast on the go! Our food lovers would LOVE this. We’d love if you’d check it out and contribute! http://bit.ly/yI0sZU Cheers!

  17. Yasmeen says

    February 1, 2012 at 2:04 am

    Beautiful, Georgia! Rustic galettes are among my favorite things to make. They come together in a snap and the options are endless. Yours looks sumptuous.

  18. Chelsea says

    February 5, 2012 at 1:01 am

    Yum! My family has a pear tree in the backyard. This would be an excellent use of it!

  19. reinidays says

    February 13, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    Yum! This looks fantastic!

  20. Liz says

    February 14, 2012 at 3:58 am

    I adore rustic tarts, especially with pears or apples.

  21. Misa says

    November 17, 2015 at 1:58 am

    Thanks so much for this recipe! This is a quick, delicious ending to a meal or a day for that matter. I have made it twice. The first time I added the lemon zest of a whole medium size lemon and 1/2 cup of raisins. I was also out of fresh ginger so added 1/2 tsp. dried ginger and upped the cinnamon and nutmeg a bit. The reviews in our house were, “Yum!!!” I just made it again and also added 1/3 cup of toasted pecans and upped all the spices to 1/2 tsp. each. Yep, we like things spicy!

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