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Name: Pear and Almond Crostata with Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour; 1/8 ts Salt; 1 tb Heavy cream; 1/2 c Butter softened; 2 tb Bear brandy; 1/2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour; 1/2 c Heavy cream; 1 tb Butter; 3 lg Eggs; 1/4 c Prepared almond paste; 4 oz Bittersweet chocolate bar;; 2 tb Granulated sugar; 1/4 c Granulated sugar; 1 lg Egg yolk; 4 lg Ripe pears; peel, core &

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INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour
1/8 ts Salt
1 tb Heavy cream
1/2 c Butter ; softened
FILLING
2 tb Bear brandy
1/2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour
1/2 c Heavy cream
1 tb Butter
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
3 lg Eggs
1/4 c Prepared almond paste
4 oz Bittersweet chocolate bar;
OPTIONAL INGREDIENT
2 tb Granulated sugar
PASTRY
1/4 c Granulated sugar
1 lg Egg yolk
4 lg Ripe pears; peel, core &

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INSTRUCTIONS

Several hours or day before serving, prepare Pastry: In medium-size bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in yolk until well mixed. Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually beat in flour and salt. Gather dough into a ball, flatten to a 5-inch round, and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate pastry at least 1 hour or overnight. When pastry has chilled, between 2 sheets of floured waxed paper, roll out pastry to 13-inch round. Remove top sheet of peper and invert pastry into 11-inch tart pan with removable botton, allowing excess to extend over edge. Remove remaining sheet of waxed paper. Fold excess pastry inside so that it is even around top edge with rim of pan; press pastry against the side to make an even thickness. Wrap and refrigerate pastry crust until ready to bake (no longer than 24 hours). Heat oven to 350F. Prepare Filling: Cut pears lengthwise into 1-inch-thick slices. In medium-size bowl, combine pears and brandy. In another medium-size bow, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat eggs, almond paste, and granulated sugar until well mixed. Beat in flour and cream until smooth. Arrange pear slices spoke fashion in chilled pastry crust. Place several slices in center. Add any brandy remaining in bowl to egg mixtrue and pour over pears. Bake tart 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool tart completely on wire rack. Up to 30 minutes before serving, prepare Chocolate Sauce: In top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, heat chocolate and butter until melted. Remove from heat and stir in cream until smooth mixture forms. Keep warm in double boiler over hot water. Just before serving, pour sauce into pitcher. To serve, remove rim from tart pan and place tart on serving plate. Sift confectioners sugar around edge of tart, if desired. Cut tart into 12 wedges and serve with chocolate sauce. Store any leftovers in refrigerator. NOTES : This elegant desset is easy to make; the crust can even be rolled out and fitted into the tart pan the day before. Recipe by: Country Living (January 1998) Posted to recipelu-digest by "Nesb2@aol.com" on Mar 24, 1998

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Pear and Almond Crostata with Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce

2 1/2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour
1/8 ts Salt
1 tb Heavy cream
1/2 c Butter softened
 FILLING
2 tb Bear brandy
1/2 c Unsifted all-purpose flour
1/2 c Heavy cream
1 tb Butter
 CHOCOLATE SAUCE
3 lg Eggs
1/4 c Prepared almond paste
4 oz Bittersweet chocolate bar;
 OPTIONAL INGREDIENT
2 tb Granulated sugar
 PASTRY
1/4 c Granulated sugar
1 lg Egg yolk
4 lg Ripe pears; peel, core &

Several hours or day before serving, prepare Pastry: In medium-size bowl,  with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and granulated sugar until  light and fluffy. Beat in yolk until well mixed. Reduce mixer speed to low.  Gradually beat in flour and salt. Gather dough into a ball, flatten to a  5-inch round, and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate pastry at least 1 hour  or overnight.    When pastry has chilled, between 2 sheets of floured waxed paper, roll out  pastry to 13-inch round. Remove top sheet of peper and invert pastry into  11-inch tart pan with removable botton, allowing excess to extend over  edge. Remove remaining sheet of waxed paper. Fold excess pastry inside so  that it is even around top edge with rim of pan; press pastry against the  side to make an even thickness. Wrap and refrigerate pastry crust until  ready to bake (no longer than 24 hours).    Heat oven to 350F. Prepare Filling: Cut pears lengthwise into 1-inch-thick  slices. In medium-size bowl, combine pears and brandy. In another  medium-size bow, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat eggs, almond  paste, and granulated sugar until well mixed. Beat in flour and cream until  smooth.    Arrange pear slices spoke fashion in chilled pastry crust. Place several  slices in center. Add any brandy remaining in bowl to egg mixtrue and pour  over pears. Bake tart 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in  center comes out clean. Cool tart completely on wire rack.    Up to 30 minutes before serving, prepare Chocolate Sauce: In top of double  boiler over hot, not boiling, water, heat chocolate and butter until  melted. Remove from heat and stir in cream until smooth mixture forms. Keep  warm in double boiler over hot water. Just before serving, pour sauce into  pitcher.    To serve, remove rim from tart pan and place tart on serving plate. Sift  confectioners sugar around edge of tart, if desired. Cut tart into 12  wedges and serve with chocolate sauce. Store any leftovers in refrigerator.    NOTES : This elegant desset is easy to make; the crust can even be rolled  out and fitted into the tart pan the day before.    Recipe by: Country Living (January 1998)    Posted to recipelu-digest by "Nesb2@aol.com" <Nesb2@aol.com> on Mar 24,  1998

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (139g)
Recipe Makes: 12 Servings

Calories: 310
Calories from Fat: 158 (51%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 17.6g	23 %
	Saturated Fat 8.9g	44 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.4g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 1.4g
Cholesterol 312.4mg		96 %
Sodium 152.2mg		5 %
Potassium 122.9mg		3 %
Total Carbohydrate 26.8g		8 %
	Dietary Fiber 0.8g	3 %
	Sugars, other 26g
Protein 11.2g		16 %
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Calories per serving: 310

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