BBC Food - Recipes - Christmas frangipane tart

Ingredients

• 400ml/14fl oz Cabernet Sauvignon red wine
• 1 whole cinnamon stick
• 1g ground nutmeg
• 1 clove
• 2g ground allspice
• 100g/3½oz caster sugar
• 1 orange , peeled and halved
• 3 ripe pears (Bosc or Conference pears ), peeled, cored and halved
• 250g/9oz plain flour
• 50g/1¾oz icing sugar
• 100g/3½oz unsalted butter , diced
• 1 large free-range egg yolk
• 1 tbsp ice-cold water
• 175g/6oz unsalted butter , softened
• 175g/6oz caster sugar
• 3 large free-range eggs
• 175g/6oz ground almonds
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 25g/1oz ground almonds
• 50g/1¾oz blanched sliced almonds
• 2 tbsp apricot jam , sieved
• 100g/3½oz icing sugar
• 2 tsp lemon juice