Kevin Dundon's pear & rhubarb honey tart: Today

Kevin Dundon Kevin Dundon | 05-21 00:15

Ingredients

Serves: 4

  • 50 g butter
  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 2 pears
  • 3-4 small sticks rhubarb
  • 200g puff pastry, ready rolled.

For the compote

  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp orange juice
  • 3 sticks rhubarb, sliced

To serve

  • 200g whipped cream
  • Honey to drizzle

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160˚C.
  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  3. First, prepare the compote, in a ssauce pan, combine the chopped rhubarb with honey and orange juice.
  4. Bring to boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 3-4 minutes until the rhubarb has softened. with a whisk, stir the mixture to break the rhubarb into a compote.
  5. Set aside to cool.
  6. In the meantime, Cut 4 pastry disc of about 5cm diameter or so and keep aside.
  7. On the tray, drizzle the honey, add a knob of butter.
  8. Slice the pear thinly, and rhubarb into 3-4 cm sticks. Place both them over the honey and butter.
  9. Top with the puff pastry circles.
  10. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is cooked and a light caramel starts to form on the tray. Remove from the oven and allow to settle for 5 - 10 minutes.
  11. Whip the cream until lightly peaked . stir and swirl in the rhubarb compote.
  12. Carefully invert each pastry onto a plate or platter to reveal a glorious pastry case laden with caramelised pears and rhubarb.
  13. Serve with some rhubarb whipped cream and extra drizzle of honey over if desired.

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