Pear & chocolate frangipane tart from The Good Table: Adventures In and Around My Kitchen by Valenti

Pear & chocolate frangipane tart from The Good Table: Adventures In and Around My Kitchen by Valenti

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Pears and chocolate first came to my attention at school. Canned pears, that is, with lumpy chocolate custard. It was my favourite pudding and I’d try to blend back into the dinner queue to lots...

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Ingredients

  • 2 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  • 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
  • 125 g ground almonds
  • 175 g caster sugar
  • 150 g dark chocolate
  • 1 tablespoon cold water
  • ½ teaspoon flaked sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • crème fraîche or cream, to serve
  • 175 g unsalted butter, softened
  • 250 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 75 g plain flour
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 150 g unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small cubes
  • 2 tablespoons caster sugar
  • 15 g flaked almonds
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 ripe (but not squishy) Conference pears

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