Cranberry Poached Pear Tart - Roth – Culinary Scene

Ingredients

• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Tablespoon heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 oz) all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
• 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
• 3 pears, slightly underripe, peeled, halved, and cored
• 3 strips lemon zest
• 4 cups cranberry juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 3/4 cups ground almonds
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 5 eggs, at room temperature