Autumn Pear Torte | Tante Marie's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 8 oz. (2 sticks) cold butter, cut into 1 inch lengths
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 tsp. water
• 1/3 cup fine breadcrumbs (or ground almonds)
• 6 ripe (d’Anjou or Comice) pears
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) butter, cut into 1 inch lengths
• 1 1/4 cup blanched or unblanched almonds
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. flour
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 8 oz. mascarpone