Pear Tarts

Uses quite a bit of sugar, so good for special occasions rather than every day! You can also make it look a bit fancier by slicing the pears and fanning them

Ingredients (makes 8 tarts)

8 Pears peeled
1 Cup White Sugar
4 Sheets Sweet Short Pastry
195 grams Butter (can use marg but butter works best)
195 grams Castor Sugar
3 Eggs whisked (use 2 if larger eggs)
195 grams Flaked Almonds
30 grams Flour

Method

Place pears in a large pot, with sugar and cover with water. Poach very gently for 30 minutes. Remove, core and cut in half.
Cut 8 discs from the pastry and place each disc in a greased 10 cm tart mould, so it just hangs over the side.
To make filling, cream butter and castor sugar. Beat in the egg, and then stir in the almond meal and flour until well combined. Spoon into raw pastry shells- only half fill as it will rise. Place a pear half on top and sprinkle with flaked almonds.
Bake at 160C for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.

100 Comments

- - BellaB said
  - 05 Jul 2025
    7:16 pm
I like pears very much, but it’s surprisingly rare to see them used in desserts. Which is a shame! I like the look of this, and I bet the whole family would like it. Admittedly there is a lot of sugar, but at least there is SOME fruit in there too!

- - Mumof4 said
  - 31 Mar 2023
    10:46 pm
How good does this look!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 31 Aug 2019
    6:29 pm
These pear tarts look great really yummy looking thanks

- - mom112217 said
  - 31 Oct 2016
    6:54 pm
Your pear tarts look so professional and l am sure would be so good! Thanks.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 27 Oct 2016
    11:45 am
Beautifully presented. They look delicious.

- - mom62624 said
  - 17 Dec 2015
    9:42 pm
These look beautiful; thanks for sharing!.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 24 Sep 2015
    9:15 pm
Terrific! It looks great! A really nice recipe!

- - EllenG89 said
  - 05 Aug 2015
    6:58 am
yummy! Love your presentation too!

- - Lillys-mummy said
  - 31 Jul 2015
    10:59 am
This looks and sounds delicious, will be definitely putting this in the recipe book. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    9:27 pm
I love these pear tarts. They look so great but taste even better!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 29 May 2015
    10:08 pm
How lovely does this look?

- - mom82590 said
  - 23 May 2015
    8:42 pm
Thank you for sharing this yummy recepie

- - priyachirag said
  - 30 Jan 2015
    3:35 am
These look delicious, great presentation.

- - mom93821 said
  - 13 Dec 2014
    7:55 am
Thanks for sharing this recipe; it looks delicious and beautiful.
- mom93821 replied
  
  10 Aug 2016 , 6:16 am
  A terrific and pretty pear tart.
- - mom94125 said
  - 10 Nov 2014
    7:40 pm
thanks so much again for posting this recipe.

- - shortaez said
  - 26 Oct 2014
    8:59 pm
Pear tarts look great for desert

- - mom94125 said
  - 18 Oct 2014
    10:11 am
this would be so yummy
thanks

- - shortaez said
  - 08 Oct 2014
    8:24 pm
I love pears thanks for sharing

- - mom67738 said
  - 28 Sep 2014
    10:56 am
What a great idea to serve these little gems up at a dinner party. Would certainly get people talking. They look delicious

- - mel_phillips said
  - 13 Sep 2014
    7:12 am
Looks great! Thank-you for sharing! Will have to try this one!