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Recipe

Pear tart with blue cheese and hazelnuts

The combination of pear, blue cheese and hazelnut is unexpected but a proven winner.

Mar 31, 2009 1:00pm
  • 15 mins preparation
  • 25 mins cooking
  • Serves 8
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Ingredients

Pear tart with blue cheese and hazelnuts
  • 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 4 pears, thinly sliced lengthways
  • 2 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 125 gram blue cheese, crumbled
  • 60 gram hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten

Method

Pear tart with blue cheese and hazelnuts
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • 2
    Join pastry sheets to make a 20cm x 30cm rectangle. Lay on prepared tray. With a sharp knife, score a 1cm rim around edge of pastry, taking care not to cut all the way through. Prick inside rim with a fork. Arrange pear slices inside rim. Drizzle with maple syrup and scatter with blue cheese and hazelnuts.
  • 3
    Brush outside edge of pastry with egg. Bake for 25 minutes, until pastry is puffed and golden. Serve.

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