Classic French Pear Frangipane Tart (Elegant and Make-Ahead) - My Home Made Recipe

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour (2 cups/240g).
• Granulated sugar for dough (1/3 cup/70g).
• Kosher salt (1/4 teaspoon).
• Fresh lemon zest from one lemon.
• Cold unsalted butter for dough (11 tablespoons/155g).
• Large egg yolk (1).
• Pure vanilla extract (1 teaspoon).
• Water for poaching (6 cups).
• Sugar for poaching (2 cups/400g).
• Cinnamon sticks (2).
• Star anise pod (1).
• Vanilla bean paste (1 tablespoon).
• Lemon peel strips and half lemon.
• Firm pears (3).
• Softened butter for filling (8 tablespoons/115g).
• Sugar for filling (1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon/115g).
• Almond flour (1 cup/115g).
• Large eggs for filling (3).
• All-purpose flour for filling (1 tablespoon/15g).
• Dark rum, optional (1 tablespoon).