In The Kitchen - Dessert
October 6, 2020

Ginger & Fig Pear Tart

Soft flavors swirl together beautifully in this fruit-infused pie.

9 min read

This autumn pear tart is filled with all the richness of fall and will fill your home with the scents of the season - cinnamon, ginger, pear, lavender honey, and fig. Your guests will never want to leave!

With it's gorgeous floral pear crown, this elegant pastry can also gracefully adorn any table, whether for supper at home or a holiday dinner, so if you are looking for new ways to mix up your menu this year, give this recipe a try!

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Ginger & Fig Pear Tart

Servings
8
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
45 min
Ingredients
12
Total Time
1 hr 15 min

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Equipment

Ingredients

Crust

  • 2 cups flour
  • 6 Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 15 Tablespoons butter

Filling

  • 7 pears, divided
  • 5 Tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 Tablespoons water
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons lavender honey
  • 1 cup fig preserves
  • 1/2 cup chopped pistachios or walnuts (optional)

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Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Slices all pears into wedges. Set aside wedges from 2 pears for the filling.
  • Grease your tart tin.
Ginger and fig pear tart ingredients
  • In the bowl of your electric mixier, combine the crust ingredients and pat the crust dough into your tart pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
  • In a large pan, sautee wedges from 5 pears in 3 Tablespoons of butter and 2 Tablespoons of water.  While sauteeing them, sprinkle them with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon ginger.  Set sauteed pears aside - these will be used to top your tart.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the fig preserves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger, Tablespoon butter, 1 1/2 Tablespoon lavender honey, and microwave for ~ 30 seconds. baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar, cinnamon, and salt, then gradually add these dry ingredients to the butter mixture.
  • In your large pan, sautee the remaining pear wedges (from 2 pears).  While sauteeing, add in fig mixture and heat together for about  minutes.
  • Puree the pear and fig mixture in a food processor and pour into your crust.  If adding nuts, layer them in now.
  • To create the floral pear pattern, layer set aside pears in a circle on top of the puree starting with the outer most circle (start by lining pears end to end along the rim of the crust and continue to make smaller circles as you sprial to the center).
  • Bake for ~30 minutes and allow to cool.
Ginger and fig pear tart pre bake

Love baking? Then check out Sarah Kieffer’s blog and cookbook 100 Cookies, Sally McKenney’s blog and cookbook Sally’s Baking Addiction: Irresistible Cookies, Cupcakes, and Desserts and my In the Kitchen page for more great recipes.

Stay safe and bake on!

XOXO,

Ginger and fig pear tart finished on table

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