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Pear & cardamom tart
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Pear & cardamom tart

12 ingredients 40 min Serves 8 openrecipes
Pear & cardamom tart

While traditional to use cardamom in savoury dishes, this frangipane dessert has hints of the fragrant spice to complement the pear and almond flavours

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

874
Calories
21g
Protein
19g
Fat
158g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500g sweet shortcrust pastry
  • plain flour , for dusting
  • 4 small ripe pears
  • squeeze lemon juice
  • drizzle of honey
  • 200g butter , softened
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 140g ground almonds
  • 100g self-raising flour
  • 50g toasted flaked almonds , plus a few extra for sprinkling
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 2 large eggs

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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