Photo: Sara Cervera
Christmas pear tart
18 ingredients
Serves 2, with enough for seconds
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Gary Rhodes' pear and mincemeat tart is based on an Eccles cake, the pastry they say has been with us for 300 years or more
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1029
Calories
23g
Protein
30g
Fat
173g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 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 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Ice Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 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
- 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry , thawed if frozen (from a 425g packet of 2 sheets)
- flour , for dusting
- 1 egg white
- granulated sugar , for dusting
- holly sprigs and icing sugar , to decorate
- custard , cream or ice cream, to serve
- 2 small pear , peeled, cored and cut into 1cm dice
- 25g each currants and sultanas
- 25g light muscovado sugar
- 25g butter , softened
- pinch freshly grated cinnamon
- zest 1 orange or lemon (optional)
- 1 medium pear , peeled, cored and cut into 1cm dice
- 50g each currants and sultanas
- 25g light muscovado sugar
- 25g butter , softened
- pinch freshly grated cinnamon
- zest 1 orange or lemon (optional)
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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