Best Quick Pear Tarts With Ice Cream Recipes

QUICK PEAR TART

Quick Pear Tart image

Provided by Sunny Anderson

Categories dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1/4 cup raw sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
1/2 stick butter, melted
2 (15 1/4-ounce) cans pear halves, keeping stem end attached, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon together. Lay puff pastry sheet on a work surface brush with melted butter and sprinkle with half the cinnamon sugar. Cut into 6 even pieces. Fan the pear slices over the puff pastry, using 1/2 a pear for each puff pastry square. Sprinkle tops of pear tarts with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake until pastry is golden and cooked through, about 20 to 25 minutes.
Remove from tart from oven, sprinkle with cheese and bake until cheese melts, 5 minutes more.

PEAR TART

Pear Tart image

My sister-in-law brought this pretty pastry to dinner one night, and we all went back for seconds. It is truly scrumptious. -Kathryn Rogers, Suisun City, California

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
FILLING:
1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1 large egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 can (15 ounces) reduced-sugar sliced pears, drained well and thinly sliced
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425°. Beat butter, sugar and cinnamon until crumbly. Beat in flour and walnuts. Press onto bottom and up sides of a 9-in. fluted tart pan with a removable bottom coated with cooking spray., For filling, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Spread into crust. Arrange pears over top. Mix cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over pears., Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake until filling is set, 15-20 minutes. Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 199 calories, Fat 9g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 36mg cholesterol, Sodium 112mg sodium, Carbohydrate 25g carbohydrate (18g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

QUICK PEAR TARTS WITH ICE CREAM

Quick Pear Tarts with Ice Cream image

Provided by Hélène Wagner-Popoff

Categories Dairy Fruit Dessert Bake Pear Brandy Fall Winter Bon Appétit France

Yield Makes 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 17.3-ounce package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
2 large Bosc pears, peeled, halved, cored, cut lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick slices
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
4 tablespoons sugar
Vanilla ice cream
Brandy

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425°F. Roll out 1 pastry sheet on floured work surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Using 6-inch plate as aid, cut out 2 rounds. Repeat rolling and cutting with second pastry sheet, forming 4 rounds total. Place rounds on heavy large baking sheet, spacing apart. Using 1 pear half for each tart, fan out pear slices in center of each round. Brush tarts with melted butter; sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake until pears are tender and pastry is golden, about 22 minutes. Transfer tarts to plates. Top each with ice cream and drizzle with brandy.