Pear Tart
- Zest of 1/2 orange
- Zest of 1/2 lemon
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 4 firm, ripe Bosc pears (about 2 pounds), peeled, quartered, cored and cut into 1-inch wedges
- 6 sheets phyllo dough, defrosted
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Place a rack in center of oven, and heat to 375 degrees.
- Place orange and lemon zest in bowl of a food processor, and pulse with sugar and cloves until powdery.
- With the machine running, pour the orange and lemon juice through the feed tube.
- Process until fairly liquid.
- Scrape mixture into a medium mixing bowl.
- Add pears, and gently toss to coat.
- Place one sheet of phyllo dough lengthwise on a cookie sheet.
- Brush it with melted butter.
- Top it with a second sheet, and brush with butter.
- Place a third sheet of phyllo crosswise to cover half of the previous layers.
- Leave some of the dough hanging over each side.
- Brush with butter.
- Repeat with another sheet of phyllo, this time covering the other half of the layers.
- Place another sheet lengthwise, and brush it with butter.
- Place the last sheet on top, but do not brush it with butter.
- Sprinkle walnuts in the center of the dough, forming a round 8 inches in diameter.
- Spoon pears over nuts.
- Loosely fold the phyllo up and over the pears; there will be a space in the center where the pears show through.
- Parts of the dough should stick up like a pocket handkerchief.
- Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the phyllo is golden and the pears are tender.
- Carefully slide tart off pan onto a serving plate, using a spatula, if necessary.
orange, lemon, sugar, ground cloves, orange juice, lemon juice, firm, phyllo, unsalted butter, walnuts
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9534 (may not work)