>> 350 g plain flour
>> a pinch of salt
>> 175 g unsalted cold butter cut into cubes
>> 100 g icing sugar
>> 3 egg yolks
>
Filling
>>
>> 350 g unsalted butter, softened
>> 350g caster sugar
>> 350g blanched whole almonds
>> 3 eggs
>> 6 ripe Comice pears, peeled and halved
>>
>> For the pastry, pulse the flour, salt and butter in a food processor
>> until the mixture resembles
>> coarse breadcrumbs. Add the sugar then the egg yolks and pulse. The
>> mixture will
>> immeadiately combine and leave the sides of the bowl.
>> Remove, wrap and cling film and chill for at least an hour. Preheat
>> the oven 180º C.
>>
>> Coarsely grate the pastry into a 30 cm loose-bottomed fluted flan tin,
>> then press it evenly on to the sides and base. Bake blind for 20 mins until very light brown.
>> Cool, and place in the pears, face down. Reduce the oven temperature to
>> 150ºC.
>>
>> For the filling, cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is pale
>> and light. Put the almonds in a
>> food processor and chop until fine. Add the butter and sugar and blend,
>> then beat in the eggs one by one. Pour over the pears and bake for 40
>> minutes.
>>
>> 350 g unsalted butter, softened
>> 350g caster sugar
>> 350g blanched whole almonds
>> 3 eggs
>> 6 ripe Comice pears, peeled and halved
>>
>> For the pastry, pulse the flour, salt and butter in a food processor
>> until the mixture resembles
>> coarse breadcrumbs. Add the sugar then the egg yolks and pulse. The
>> mixture will
>> immeadiately combine and leave the sides of the bowl.
>> Remove, wrap and cling film and chill for at least an hour. Preheat
>> the oven 180º C.
>>
>> Coarsely grate the pastry into a 30 cm loose-bottomed fluted flan tin,
>> then press it evenly on to the sides and base. Bake blind for 20 mins until very light brown.
>> Cool, and place in the pears, face down. Reduce the oven temperature to
>> 150ºC.
>>
>> For the filling, cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is pale
>> and light. Put the almonds in a
>> food processor and chop until fine. Add the butter and sugar and blend,
>> then beat in the eggs one by one. Pour over the pears and bake for 40
>> minutes.
