Roasted Pear Crème Brûlée Tart

Name: Roasted Pear Crème Brûlée Tart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters chilled butter, cut into small pieces; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 113 grams all-purpose flour (about 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons); 79 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 Tbsp granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 2 Tbsps ice water; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 473 milliliters 2% reduced-fat milk; 2 mediums pears, peeled, cored, and halved; 0 teaspoons salt; 0 teaspoons salt; 4 inches vanilla bean, split lengthwise

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Roasted Pear Crème Brûlée Tart a try. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 243 calories, 5g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up lemon juice, butter, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Oven

To prepare pastry, place first 3 ingredients in a food processor; pulse to combine.

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Food Processor

Add butter; pulse 10 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. With processor on, slowly add 2 tablespoons ice water through food chute, processing just until dough starts to come together. Turn dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap; press into a disk. Cover and chill 10 minutes in the freezer.

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Water

Butter

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Place dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap; roll dough into a 10-inch circle. Fit dough into a 9-inch round removable-bottom tart pan coated with cooking spray; pierce dough with a fork.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

Roll

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Tart Form

Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

To prepare pastry cream, combine brown sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium, heavy saucepan. Gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add seeds and bean to milk mixture. Cook over medium-high heat until thick and bubbly (about 5 minutes), stirring constantly.

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Pastry Cream

Vanilla Bean

Brown Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Seeds

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Place egg in a large bowl. Gradually stir hot milk mixture into egg. Return milk mixture to pan; cook 2 minutes or until mixture reaches 185 and coats the back of a spoon, stirring constantly. Discard vanilla bean.

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Vanilla Bean

Milk

Egg

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Spread pastry cream onto a baking sheet; cover entire surface with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 20 minutes or until chilled.

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Pastry Cream

Spread

Wrap

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Baking Sheet

Plastic Wrap

Spread pastry cream evenly into tart shell; cover and chill at least 2 hours or until set.

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Pastry Cream

Spread

To prepare topping, combine juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pears; toss well to coat.

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Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Juice

Pear

Place pears, cut side down, in an 11 x 7inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Pear

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Baking Pan

Bake at 450 for 45 minutes or until tender. Cool completely; thinly slice.

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Oven

Place on paper towels; pat dry with additional paper towels. Arrange the pear slices spoke-like over pastry cream. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes.

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Pastry Cream

Pear

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle 1/3 cup granulated sugar evenly over pears, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Holding a kitchen blowtorch about 2 inches from the top of custard, heat the sugar, moving the torch back and forth, until the sugar is melted and caramelized (about 3 minutes).

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Sugar