This week Mrs. Greenspan herself chose the recipe. Yes....Dorie! Yup...The author of the cookbook. How cool is that?! In celebration of TWD's 1st anniversary Dorie chose her pear tart.The Hubster has been very excited about this dessert. He loves pears and almonds so I knew that this was going to be right up his alley. I was right. His exact words were, "Dude, this is SO good"! He then continued to inhale 2 pieces.
This delicious little tart was not hard to put together at all. I used fresh pears and poached them in water, sugar and lemon juice. I did boil them for longer than the recipe called for (15 minutes) because I wanted them to be soft and not at all crunchy (about 25 minutes). Dorie suggests that when using canned pears, the tart turns out just as good. I thought it would be fun to try and poach the pears because I have never done anything like that before.
The shortbread crust had me worried though. Mine was quite crumbly and didn't appear to form as the recipe stated. No worries though. It tasted absolutely delicious. It seriously tasted like a shortbread cookie. So. Ridiculously. Good!
The almond pasty cream was just as excellent. I really liked the almond taste and the slight chewiness was simply yum. Paired with the pears on top this is one FABULOUS dessert. I am sure to be making this one again for the Hubster. He was quite impressed.
Once again, this is the reason I love TWD. Just browsing through this wonderful cookbook I would have never picked this recipe to bake. However, this fun little baking group "forces" me to look outside the box and try new things.
THANKS DORIE! Not only for the great choice this week but also for my favorite baking cookbook!
17 comments:
Looks wonderful!
My dough was really crumbly too, so I thought I did something wrong... but it turned out just fine.
My crust was kinda crumbly too but it all turned out aok! Glad you and the hubs enjoyed the recipe!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
I was worried about my crust too because it was so crumbly but once I started pressing it in the pan it was fine! Your tart looks great!
Bravo to you for poaching pears... I was too lazy and used canned.
I'm glad your hubs liked it so well, yeah, brownie points for you!
I agree with every word you wrote! I'm wishing I poached fresh pears, but it was great with canned as well (in case you want to make this sometime and are feeling lazy!) Your tart looks beautiful, and I'm glad it was a hit!
I used canned pears and it was still awesome. I will have to try poaching mine next time. Delicious recipe.
I am definitely going to poach the pears when I make this. Yours looks great!
I agree, I wouldn't have chosen the recipe, I normally go with chocolate anything. I'm SO glad Dorie chose this or else I'd have missed out on a truly FANTABULOUS dessert!
Great job on your tart!
It's nice when you put a lot of effort into a dessert and it comes out better than you'd hoped.
How cute of your husband to get so excited about dessert!
IMO the best part of TWD is baking recipes that I would not have chosen and THEN finding out they are new favorites. Next time I want to poach my pears; mine were just too ripe and soft this time - perfect for the tart, actually, but they would have disintegrated if poached.
Your tart is beautiful and I'm so glad it was a hit with your husband. Mine was thrilled (well, with my second effort at this recipe, lol)
Nancy
Lazy me, used the canned pears. Figured if it was good enough for Dorie. . . . Wasn't it just the tastiest dessert? We loved it! Glad yours turned out so well.
Your tart looks lovely and yeah! the hubby liked it! How could anyone not love it?!
Your tart looks fabulous. Everywhere I go, I am reading rave reviews about the tart I decided not to make. Guess I will have to plan on making it soon! Great job.
I loved making this.
It was so simple, yet so very full of flavor.
your tart looks so yummy! i want to try poaching the pears next time, too :) glad you enjoyed it!
Nice job on the tart! It looks great with the powdered sugar on top.
Looks beautiful! Wasn't this an awesome recipe?
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