Pear and almond tart

Ingredients

• 500 grams sweet paste
• Apricot jam
• 800 grams almond cream
• 200 grams flaked almonds
• Icing sugar
• 7 pears

Sweet paste

• 125 grams sugar
• 300 grams butter
• 2-3 eggs
• 500 grams flour
• Pinch of salt

Almond cream

• 300 grams icing sugar
• 400 grams pure ground almonds
• Lemon zest
• 8 egg whites

Method

Almond cream

1. Mix together icing sugar , ground almonds and lemon zest.
2. Then combine with the egg whites

Flan

1. Line a buttered 20 cm flan ring with sweet paste
2. Using the back of a spoon, spread a little apricot jam over the base
3. Pipe in almond cream until the flan case is 2/3 full
4. On top of the cream decorate with the sliced pears. First remove the pear cores and strings
5. Bake in the oven at 200c for 20-25 minutes.
6. Allow to cool, then brush with apricot glaze.
7. Sprinkle baked almonds around the edge and dust with icing sugar.