Caramelised Pear Pizza/Tarts With Mascarpone
Recipe: #25973
April 22, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Pizza, Cheese, Pear, Brunch, Mothers Day, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Butter/Margarine, more
"From our Saturday newspaper The Weekend West. Times are estimated. Also note apples can be substituted for the pears."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (685.1 g)
- Calories 1516.6
- Total Fat - 96.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 45 g
- Cholesterol - 149.5 mg
- Sodium - 1180.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 138.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 14.3 g
- Sugars - 75.6 g
- Protein - 29.9 g
- Calcium - 731.8 mg
- Iron - 3.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 85.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a heavy, large pan, melt the butter and the sugar, together being careful they don't burn.
Step 2
When the mixture is well coloured, remove from the heat and add the pear slices in a single layer and then add the water to stop further caramelisation or even burning and cook the pears for about 5 minutes, turning once until they are soft and the sauce is syrupy.
Step 3
Cut two 12cm round from each sheet of pastry and place the discs on a greased baking tray and lay the pear slices in an attractive patter on the pastry round, leaving a small pastry edge.
Step 4
Brush liberally with the syrup and bake in a preheated 200C oven for about 10 minutes or until the pastry is well browned and cooked.
Step 5
Place the pizzas/tarts on the serving plates, pour on the rest of the syrup and top with a dollop of the mascarpone.
Tips
No special items needed.