Pear meringue tart
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Difficulty
Medium 👍Ingredients
Utensils
food processor, oven, tart tin, cutting board, knife, zester, wooden spoon, sauce pan, sieve, large bowl, standing mixer or hand mixer, rubber spatula
How-To Videos
How to cut a pear
How to scrape a vanilla bean
How to zest citrus fruits
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Nutrition per serving
Step 1/7
- 25 g almond cookies
- 8⅓ g hazelnuts
- 13⅓ g butter (melted)
- food processor
- oven
Preheat oven to 180°C/355°F. In a food processor, combine almond cookies, hazelnuts and melted butter. Blend until smooth.
Step 2/7
- tart tin
Press base into bottom and up sides of tarte tin (greased if necessary).
Step 3/7
- ½ pears
- cutting board
- knife
Peel pears, remove core, and cut into small cubes.
Step 4/7
- ⅛ lemon
- ⅛ orange
- ⅛ stick cinnamon
- ⅛ star anis
- ⅓ cloves
- ⅓ tbsp honey
- water
- zester
- wooden spoon
- sauce pan
- sieve
Zest citrus fruit. Then, combine pears, spices, honey, lemon and orange zest, and a little bit of water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and let simmer for approx. 15 min. Drain.
Step 5/7
- 16⅔ g almond slivers
- ½ cl brandy
- ⅛ vanilla bean (seed)
- 6⅔ g sultanas
- wooden spoon
- large bowl
In a bowl, mix together pears, almond slivers, brandy, vanilla seeds, and sultanas. Place mixture on top of the base.
Step 6/7
- ½ egg whites
- 11⅔ g sugar
- standing mixer or hand mixer
With a standing mixer or a hand mixer beat egg whites until stiff. As soon as they begin to foam, gradually add sugar. The bowl and the beater should be free from any kind of grease to create the desired consistency.
Step 7/7
- oven
- rubber spatula
Place meringue on top of the tart filling. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C/355°F for approx. 10 min. until lightly colored.
