I love pastries. Every time I walk past a bakery my eyes brighten up when I see all the different pastries they have. And then I discovered ready puff pastry that I can have in the fridge all the time!

Puff pastry is soooo versatile, you can turn it into anything from sweet treats to savoury meals. Imagine flaky, buttery pastries filled with your favourite fruits, cheeses, or meats. It’s like having a mini pastry chef in your fridge, ready to whip up something delicious and fancy-looking in no time, just like this easy salted caramel pear tart.

Why is this an easy recipe? Because you don’t have to make the salted caramel. Normally you have to melt the sugar until it’s golden brown, add butter and cream, keep whisking it as it gets very bubbly, then finish with sea salt and vanilla. But no, you don’t have to do any of that with this recipe. Just sprinkle sugar, cream and a bit of sea salt over the tart and let the oven do the work for you.

Ingredients

2 small rectangles ready rolled puff pastry
1 egg, beaten
1 ripe pear
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons double cream
Coarse sea salt
Icing sugar, for dusting

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Roll out your puff pastry and cut out two small rectangles. Put them on parchment paper and put the rest back in the fridge for another time. Brush the top of the pastry with the egg wash.
2. Peel the pears and split them in half lengthwise, core them, and slice into thin slices.
3. Place one pear half in the centre of each pastry. Then sprinkle with a teaspoon of brown sugar and a teaspoon of double cream per tart, then add a pinch sea salt on top.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until pears are soft and pastry is golden.
5. Sprinkle with some icing sugar.

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Janice xx