1 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Cake flour
1 tb Sugar
1 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter; cut into small
; cubes
2 tb Ice water; up to 3
3 c Water
1 1/2 c Sugar
3 Ripe pears; peeled, halved
-and
; cored
1 Lemon; juice of
1/2 c Apricot preserves
1 c Walnut; chopped
Whipped cream
Directions: For the Crust: In a large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, cake
flour, sugar and salt. Using your fingers, cut the butter into the flour
mixture until it resembles oatmeal consistency. Tossing the mixture with a
fork, add the ice water slowly until the mixture holds together. Gather the
mixture into a ball, flatten into a round and place between 2 pieces of
plastic wrap. Roll out into a 12 inch round. Place the dough round into a 9
inch tart pan and fit the dough into the pan. Cut off the excess even with
the rim of the pan and chill. For The Pears : In a large saucepot combine
water and sugar. Bring to a boil and stir to dissolve. Add pears, lemon
juice. Simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Remove pears from pot, let
drain and cool To Prepare the Tart : Spread the preserves over the bottom
of the tart shell. Cut each pear half cross wise into thin slices. Transfer
the pears to the pan and arrange in a fan pattern. Fill the spaces between
the pears with walnut pieces. Bake at 400 degrees for about 1 hour or until
crust is golden. Let cool, serve with whip cream.
Yields
1 servings