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Simple Holiday Dessert: Rustic Pear Tart
Beautiful, Delicious, Dairy Free, Easy, Gluten Free Option
Rustic Pear Tart: This dairy-free pear dessert recipe has two layers: a cornmeal batter base, then pears, walnuts & apricot jam on top.
This simple holiday dessert recipe is easy to make, not overly sweet, beautiful and delicious - perfect for serving on any special occasion.
Cornmeal isn't usually found in a fancy dessert, but works wonderfully in our Rustic Pear Tart recipe - which doesn't seem at all rustic!
To make this pear tart gluten free: Substitute gluten free baking mix for the all purpose flour.
12 Servings: You'll need a 10 inch spring form pan for this recipe. Allow the tart to cool completely before serving.
Printable Recipe: Click the printer icon on your browser - you'll get just the recipe
Batter Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup vegan margarine
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup nondairy milk mixed with 1 Tbsp egg replacer
- OR: 1 Tbsp lemon juice plus enough nondairy milk to make 1/2 cup mixed with 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- Gluten Free Option: Substitute 3/4 cup gluten free baking mix for the flour
- 3/4cup cornmeal
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
Topping Ingredients:
- 4 cups ripe pears (about 6 pears, peeled and cut into wedges
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 Tbsp melted vegan margarine
- 1/2 cup apricot jam
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Oil and flour a 10 inch spring form pan
- Cream together butter and sugar
- Beat in zest, vanilla, and egg replacer mixture
- Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt and stir into butter mixture until just blended
- Spread batter evenly in pan
- Arrange pear wedges decoratively in a swirl pattern on top of the batter
- Sprinkle the pears with sugar and nuts and drizzle with butter
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes
- Warm the apricot jam until thin enough to spread and brush over the warm cake
- Allow to cool completely before serving
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