09/10/2025
🌟 September’s Sweet Symphony – Day 8 🌟
Today’s feature is a dessert that sings with elegance and sophistication: our Red Wine Pear Frangipane Tart. 🍐🍷✨
This refined tart pairs poached pears infused in spiced red wine with a luscious almond frangipane filling, all nestled in a buttery tart crust. Each slice is a harmony of flavor — nutty, fruity, and beautifully balanced with a deep, jeweled shine.
🍐 Red Wine Pear Frangipane Tart
Ingredients:
•For the Red Wine Poached Pears
•3 firm pears, peeled, halved, and cored
•2 cups red wine (Merlot, Cabernet, or Shiraz work beautifully)
•½ cup sugar
•1 cinnamon stick
•2–3 whole cloves
•1 strip orange peel
For the Tart Crust
•1 ¼ cups (160g) all-purpose flour
•½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
•¼ cup (50g) sugar
•1 egg yolk
•2–3 tbsp cold water
For the Frangipane Filling
•½ cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened
•½ cup (100g) sugar
•2 eggs
•1 cup (100g) almond flour
•1 tbsp all-purpose flour
•½ tsp almond extract
•½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
1. Poach the Pears
In a saucepan, combine wine, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and orange peel. Bring to a simmer.
Add pears and poach for 20–25 minutes, turning occasionally, until tender and stained deep red.
Remove pears, cool, and slice thinly. Reduce poaching liquid until syrupy; set aside.
2. Prepare the Tart Crust
In a bowl, cut butter into flour and sugar until crumbly. Add egg yolk and cold water, mixing until dough comes together.
Press into a tart pan, prick base with a fork, and chill for 30 minutes.
Blind bake at 375°F (190°C) for 15 minutes with parchment and pie weights. Remove weights and bake 10 more minutes until golden.
3. Make the Frangipane
Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in almond flour, all-purpose flour, almond extract, and vanilla.
4. Assemble & Bake
Spread frangipane filling into the baked crust. Fan pear slices on top in a decorative pattern.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 35–40 minutes until golden and set.
5. Finish with Glaze
Brush pears with the reduced red wine syrup for a glossy finish.
✨ Chef’s Tip: Serve slightly warm with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla bean gelato for an unforgettable finish.
🎶 Join us tomorrow for another masterpiece in September’s Sweet Symphony – 10 Desserts, 10 Days!