The Bourdaloue tart is a dessert created during the second half of the 19th century in the Bourdaloue street in Paris. It is composed of a sweet shortcrust pastry, almond cream, and poached pears. It’s perfect to end your meal on a sweet note ! Want to make one? Follow Jeanne's recipe!
Ingredients:
- 125g of very soft butter
- 100g of brown sugar
- 125g of ground almonds
- 2 eggsVanilla extract
- 1 sweet shortcrust dough (you can find some already prepared, or make it yourself – there are plenty of recipes on the internet !)
- 1 tbsp of flaked almonds
- 1 large can of pears in syrup
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven at 180°C
2. In a recipient, stir together the butter, the sugar, the ground almonds, the eggs, a little bit of syrup from the pears can, and the vanilla extract
3. Roll out the dough on a pie pan and prick it with a fork
4. Cut the pears in thin slices, but keep then in their original, whole shape.
5. Put them on the dough in the shape of a star (just like on the picture above)
6. Pour the mix from step 2 on the dough bewteen the pears
7. Sprinkle the flaked almonds on the top
8.Put your Bourdaloue tart in the oven for 35 minutes, until it gets golden.
Bon appétit !
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