A pear flan with thin, crisp, buttery shortcrust pastry is an ideal choice to finish any meal. Dust the flan with powdered sugar just before serving or top with whipping cream.
Not only tasty, but pears are an excellent source of fiber.
French Pear Flan
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 egg
- ⅜ cup or 6 tablespoons butter
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- Filling:
- 2 ½ pounds of peeled and sliced pears
- 3 tablespoons granulated white sugar
- Powdered icing sugar for sprinkling when cool
Instructions
- To make pastry: Using a pastry blender mix flour, salt, sugar and butter until crumbly. Add egg and knead with cool hands until well incorporated. Shape pastry into flattened ball and refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Roll out pastry to fit a 10 inch tart pan with removable bottom. Preheat oven to 425°F .
- Arrange sliced pears on top of the pastry. Pears should overlap each other.
- Sprinkle 3 tablespoons white granulated sugar over pears.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until edges of pears are slightly browned and crisp.
- Cool slightly, remove from pan and sprinkle with more icing sugar, and serve while still warm.
You can leave out the sugar, you'll hardly notice the difference 🙂
Hi. I love Flan! What can I substitute the granulated sugar with? Right measurements please.
Tks!
looks yummy!
Thank you Elaine, for the kind remarks!
I love experimenting with different recipes, and I would have so many more recipes posted on here if I only had a camera man LOL!
Hello, I'm Elaine. I love food blogs. My favorite is yours and "Cooking With Mr. C." on Facebook. (also a blog) Between the two of you, I get the best recipes. Keep them coming. Elaine.