Pear Croustade

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ice water
• 2 firm but ripe bosc pears, peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/2 inch wedges
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 large egg , beaten to blend
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 for crust:.
• 2 mix flour, sugar and salt in processor. add butter. using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal. transfer to large bowl.
• 3 mix egg yolk and 1 1/2 tablespoons ice water in small bowl. using fork, blend enough yolk mixture, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, into flour mixture to form moist clumps.
• 4 gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. wrap in plastic and chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• 5 position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°f roll out dough on floured parchment paper to 10-inch round.
• 6 transfer dough on parchment paper to large baking sheet.
• 7 filling:.
• 8 toss pears, sugar, flour, lemon juice and allspice in large bowl.
• 9 overlap pear slices atop dough, leaving 2-inch border. fold border over fruit, pleating loosely and pinching to seal any cracks.
• 10 brush dough with egg and drizzle cream over filing.
• 11 topping:.
• 12 mix flour and sugar in small bowl. rub in butter with fingertips until mixture forms small clumps and sprinkle topping over filling.
• 13 bake tart until crust is golden and filling bubbles about 40 minutes.