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Chocolate Pear Hazelnut Tart

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Chocolate Pear Hazelnut Tart

French

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Description

As a teenage foreign exchange student in the south of France, I was horribly homesick. Then my host family's Grandmother Miette arrived and asked if I'd like to help her bake this nutty tart from scratch. It turned my trip around and inspired my lifelong passion for baking. Weighing ingredients, roasting nuts, kneading dough—the art of baking transcends language.

Ingredient:

  • 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup ground hazelnuts
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • Dash salt
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 3 to 5 tablespoons ice water
  • FILLING:
  • 3 large eggs, separated
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons amaretto or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup ground hazelnuts
  • 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 6 canned pear halves, drained, sliced and patted dry
  • 2 tablespoons honey, warmed
  • Confectioners' sugar, optional

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