Name: Pear and blue cheese tart
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 230 g flour; 120 g butter; 1 eggs yolk only; water cold; 1/2 cup walnuts chopped; salt; 4 pears; 150 g blue cheese crumbled; 200 g mascarpone cheese; 1 Tbs sherry; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbs brown sugar; fresh thyme and toasted walnuts.

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Ingredients (13)

230 g	flour
120 g	butter
1	eggs — yolk only
	water — cold
1/2 cup	walnuts — chopped
	salt

FILLING:

4	pears
150 g	blue cheese — crumbled
200 g	mascarpone cheese
1 Tbs	sherry
	sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbs	brown sugar

TO SERVE:

fresh thyme — and toasted walnuts.

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180ºC.

Place flour, butter and egg in a food processor and pulse until a dough forms. Add a little water if necessary.

Wrap pastry in clingfilm and allow to rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.

Roll out pastry on a floured surface, add walnuts and press into a 33x11cm tart tin, pricking the base with a fork. Cover with baking paper, pour over baking beads or rice, and bake for 10 minutes. Remove paper and bake for another 5 minutes. Set aside.

Core and quarter pears. Mix together blue cheese, Mascarpone and sherry. Spoon mixture over base, top with pears, season. Sprinkle over brown sugar.

Bake for 20 minutes or until the pears are cooked through and golden.

Serve sliced, garnished with thyme leaves and extra walnuts.

Words and image:Fairlady magazine

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