Butermilk Pear Tart
Ingrediends:
2 ½ cups unbleached plain flour
2 table spoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
220 gram chilled unsalted butter
¼ cup buttermilk
1 pear
100 gram blue cheese
100 gram caramelised onion
4 eggs
4 tablespoon cream
Salt and pepper
Method:
1. To make the pastry, pulse butter, sugar, salt and flour in a food processor until it looks like coarse breadcrumbs. Add the buttermilk and continue to pulse until the dough starts to incorporate into a ball. Using your hands, shape pastry in a rectangle. Wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
2. Roll out to 1 cm thick and line a 20 cm low flan tin or 4 individual flan tins, blind bake the pastry by placing a lining of baking paper with rice to weigh it down and bake for 10 minutes at 160°C.
3. Remove paper and rice and put a layer of caramelised onion followed by the blue cheese, then the sliced pear.
4. Gently whisk the egg and cream and pour over tart.
5. Bake in the oven for a further 10 minutes until egg has cooked.
6. Serve with a little rocket salad.
Vegetarian
