Recipes
Chocolate pear tart
This rich, luxurious tart makes the perfect dessert to serve with crème fraîche.
This rich, luxurious tart makes the perfect dessert to serve with crème fraîche.
Cook: 1 Hour 40 Mins
Serves: 12
Price: 40p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 128g serving contains
Energy
1633kj
390kcal
1633kj
390kcal
19%
Fat
19.7g
19.7g
Med
28%
28%
Saturates
11.8g
11.8g
Med
59%
59%
Sugars
26.8g
26.8g
High
30%
30%
Salt
0.5g
0.5g
Med
8%
8%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1276kj/305kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1276kj/305kcal
Ingredients
100g butter, chilled
175g plain flour
50g caster sugar
75g Asda Extra Special Dark Chocolate for Cooking
150g self-raising flour
125g light brown sugar
2 level tbsp cocoa
125g butter, softened
2 large free-range eggs
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp milk
5 level tsp Asda chosen by you apricot jam
2 balls stem ginger in syrup, drained and chopped (optional)
3 pears
Method
1
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Line the base and sides of a 33 x 23cm shallow tin with baking paper.
2
Cut the butter into cubes, rub into the flour with your fingers, then add the caster sugar. Put the mixture in the tin and press firmly to make a base. Bake for 10 minutes.
3
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water, making sure the base doesn't touch the water.
4
Sift the self-raising flour and cocoa in a bowl. Beat the softened butter and the brown sugar until creamy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour with the last one. Beat in the vanilla extract, milk and melted chocolate then fold in the flour mixture.
5
Spread a layer of the apricot jam on the pastry base and scatter on the stem ginger, if using.
6
Spoon the cake mixture on top and level. Peel, core and slice the pears and arrange on top. Bake for 40 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly pressed.