Brie and pear tart

Close your eyes and listen to these two words: 'Brie' and 'pear'. If the thought of these two ingredients together in a tart makes your mouth water, like it does mine, then this is a recipe for you...

Source: L'Exquisit, a wonderful blog in Spanish that I've discovered this week.

Ingredients

For the pastry

250 gr. flour

½ tablespoon brown sugar

¼ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

125 gr. butter, cold and cut into cubes

3 tablespoons cold water

For the filling

200 gr. Brie cheese, remove rind and cut into thin slices

3 pears, washed, unpeeled, seeded and sliced

20 gr. brown sugar

1 tablespoon water

salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200ºC

2. Sift the flour into a bowl with the sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the butter and rub into the mix until it resembles crumbs. Slowly add enough water to form a thick dough. Shape into a ball, cover in Clingfilm and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes.

3. Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface and transfer onto a pie pan. Pinch the pastry with a fork.

4. Arrange the Brie on the pastry and cover with the pears.

5. Mix the brown sugar with the water and pour over the pears. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.

6. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 200ºC until the crust is golden brown and the Brie is bubbling.

7. Reserve for 10 minutes before serving warm.

I made this while listening to Wild Beasts, my band of the week