This was an absolute experiment this morning, for the breakfast table at the B&B. I have made a pear and thyme tart before, and have actually thought about making a wintery tart with caramelized oranges, but the contest got me thinking about merging the two ideas.
The verdict of the guests is that the tart is a keeper and I will be doing alot more experimenting with oranges as a result!
Orange and Pear Tart with Thyme
1 Pate Brisee:
Cut 2 cups of flour with one cup of butter in your mixer. Add a stream of 2-3 tablespoons of ice water, until it holds together. Put ball in the fridge for 1/2 hour at least.
Roll out to the size of your pastry plate.
Caramelize 6 very thin slices of orange:
Sugar coat the slices and place in a hot pan. Turn once. Allow sugar to brown.
Arrange slices of pears and the sliced orange on the rolled out pastry shell. Add fresh sprigs of thyme and dot with butter and sugar.
Bake at 200° C for 30 minutes.
Let cool, decorate with powdered sugar.
1 Pate Brisee:
Cut 2 cups of flour with one cup of butter in your mixer. Add a stream of 2-3 tablespoons of ice water, until it holds together. Put ball in the fridge for 1/2 hour at least.
Roll out to the size of your pastry plate.
Caramelize 6 very thin slices of orange:
Sugar coat the slices and place in a hot pan. Turn once. Allow sugar to brown.
Arrange slices of pears and the sliced orange on the rolled out pastry shell. Add fresh sprigs of thyme and dot with butter and sugar.Bake at 200° C for 30 minutes.
Let cool, decorate with powdered sugar.
3 comments:
Oh wow! You'll killing me here.
Gorgeous! And so very O :) Thanks Diana!
Just wanted to be clear, that "o" was me :)
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