Recipe: Pear Tart
For the Crust:
- 1 cup of butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
For the Filling:
- 1 cup Plain Mountain High Yoghurt
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 large pears, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds
DIRECTIONS:
For the Crust:
- Place butter in a medium mixing bowl. Pour the sugar, flour, salt, and baking powder over the butter.
- Cut the sugar, flour, salt, and baking powder into the butter using a pastry blender, until mixture forms pea-sized crumbs.
- Press mixture into a 13×9 inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
For the Filling:
- While crust is baking, place yoghurt, egg yolks, brown sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon in a medium glass or ceramic bowl and stir until well combined. Set aside.
- When crust is done baking, remove from oven and arrange pear slices evenly on top.
- Pour the yoghurt mixture evenly over the pears, and sprinkle with slivered almonds.
- Bake at 350°F for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the filling is set like a custard and slightly browned.
- Cool a bit before cutting.
Serve warm, at room temperature, or chilled!
I found this recipe at Mountain High Yoghurt’s recipe page…there are sooo many yummy looking recipes there! I can’t wait to try more. I encourage you to go there and take a look at how many easy and delicious recipes they offer!
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Mountain High Yoghurt. I received a gift card to purchase yogurt, a product kit, and a promotional item to thank me for participating.