Chocolate and pear tart
5
Points®
Total time: 40 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 25 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Don’t slave over dessert – these easy individual pastries are a cinch to make and will have your guests begging for the recipe
Ingredients
Pear(s)
1 large, peeled
Reduced-fat puff pastry
70 g, just thawed
Dark chocolate
25 g, chopped
Reduced fat oil spread
2 tsp, melted
Raw sugar
1 tsp, (demerara)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan-forced. Line a tray with baking paper.
2
Cut pear into quarters and remove the core. Cut each quarter into 4 slices. Using a 9cm round pastry cutter, cut 4 rounds from pastry sheet. Place on prepared tray. Sprinkle chocolate onto the centre of each pastry round. Top each with 4 slices of pear.
3
Brush pears with melted spread and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 25–30 minutes or until pastry is puffed and golden. Serve.
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