Easy Pear Tarte Tatin

by | Aug 9, 2015 | Baking, Dessert, Pastry, Recipe | 3 comments

There’s nothing like a traditional French classic to complete the meal as in a Tarte Tatin but sometimes you just don’t have the time and sometimes your meal just needs a dessert. As I’ve mentioned before in the past, we’re not usually dessert eaters but in winter there’s nothing better than a warm fruit dessert with a little vanilla ice cream to finish off the meal.
Having puff pastry on hand is always a life saver. This particular night I only had a couple sad looking pears left in the crisper so that’s what it was going to be. A traditional tarte tatin you cook the fruit in the pan with the sugar and butter mixture, top with puff pastry, put the pan in the oven and then turn the tarte out onto a plate once baked. This has the same effect but is soooo much quicker. (French cooking traditionalists look away please!)
After arranging the sliced pears onto the sheet of puff, melt some butter in a pot with brown sugar. I added a bit of ground ginger and cinnamon to the mix which complemented the pears perfectly. (Oh, I must add, this is the second attempt. I turned my head for a minute to finish off the main meal and my sugar burnt. Just when I thought everything was going so smoothly. Typical!)
Pour the ooey, gooey caramel over the sliced pears and tuck the pastry corners in to the baking plate/pan. Bake until the pastry has turned golden brown.
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you’re done. This would work well with apples, peaches, plums, pineapple or even tomatoes for a savoury version.
Easy Pear Tarte Tatin
  • 2 pears, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1 piece frozen puff pastry
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 125gm butter
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

  1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C.
  2. Arrange pear slices on defrosted puff pastry.
  3. Melt butter with brown sugar and spices.
  4. Mix until combined and it turns in to a caramel consistency.
  5. Pour over sliced pear and tuck in corners of puff pastry.
  6. Bake until puff pastry turns golden brown.
  7. Serve with vanilla ice cream, custard or fresh cream.


3 Comments

  1. Jessica Pelasky
    Jessica Pelasky on August 12, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    This sounds fresh and delicious!

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

  2. Julie's Lifestyle
    Julie's Lifestyle on August 14, 2015 at 6:42 pm

    HimAnne, thanks for sharing this awesome pear dessert at Cooking and Crafting with J & J. Enjoy the weekend.
    Julie xo

  3. Swathi Iyer
    Swathi Iyer on August 17, 2015 at 11:18 pm

    Delicious and easy pear tarte tatin, thanks Anne, for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning.