Monday, March 16, 2009

Pear Puff Pastries

Now, all of you know I just LOVE this recipe! It is one of my favorites! I was watching the Food Network (naturally) on the airplane flying home for Christmas and saw this episode! It was the episode The Big Easy on the show Cooking for Real. The host is Sunny Anderson. She's kinda funny, but what I really like about her is that she is easy to follow. Her recipes are simple (or at least from what I've seen) and that makes cooking so much easier when you don't have to use so many ingredients. Also, it makes it easier because she incorporates ingredients most people already have. The original recipe calls for cheddar to shredded on top of the finished pastry, but that didn't sound so appetizing to me.


Ingredients
1/4 cup raw sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
1/2 stick butter, melted
2 (15 1/4-ounce) cans pear halves, keeping stem end attached, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
Caramel



Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon together. Lay puff pastry sheet on a work surface brush with melted butter and sprinkle with half the cinnamon sugar. Cut into 6 even pieces. Fan the pear slices over the puff pastry, using 1/2 a pear for each puff pastry square. Sprinkle tops of pear tarts with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake for 30 minutes, until puff pastry is golden.
Remove from tart from oven, , drizzle with caramel.

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