Pear and Blue Cheese Tart

-->Pear & Blue Cheese Tart

A classic salad combination of Pears and Blue Cheese, normally served on a bed of dressed salad leaves with some walnuts for added crunch. This recipe is using the same core ingredients but cooking them all in a tart.

Short crust pastry

Ingredients :

200g Plain Flour

100g Butter

2 tbl sp water

Pinch of salt

1 egg

Method:

Crumble (cold) butter and flour together until bread crumb consistency. Once it binds together into a dough, wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for 20mins.

Flour a work surface and rolling pin, roll out until large enough to line a flan tin and aim for approx 5mm thick.

Lightly grease tin, and place dough over the top, gently press down into the corners/edges of the tin.

Beat one egg and brush the base and sides of the pastry, prick the base with a fork and bake in the oven for 15-20mins @ 180°C (Gask Mark 4), or until lightly golden.

Tart filling

Ingredients :

2 Pears

1 Red Onion

150g Blue Cheese

2 Eggs

50g Walnuts or Pecans

Method:

Slice Red Onion and fry in a pan in a small amount of butter or oil. Peel and slice pears and remove any seeds, add to onions once they’ve softened, fry for a 3-5 mins, season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.

Beat two eggs and season with salt and pepper.

Place sliced pears and onion onto base, crumble blue cheese and crushed nuts over the tart contents, pour the beaten eggs over the top. Bake in oven for 25mins @ 180°C (Gask Mark 4).

Serve hot or cold.