Pear tarte Tatin

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

25 g	Butter
¼ cup	Brown sugar
1	Vanilla bean
2	Pears, peeled and sliced (Main)
1 sheet	Puff pastry

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Put the butter in a 20cm ovenproof fry pan over medium heat. Add the brown sugar. Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the pan, stirring to combine.
3. Peel the pears, halve, core and slice, then arrange in the pan.
4. Cook for 5 minutes until the pear is starting to soften and the butter and sugar are beginning to caramelise.
5. Cut the pastry to fit inside the pan, then lay over the pears and bake for 30 minutes or until the pastry is golden.
6. Let the tart sit for 2 minutes before running a knife around the edge, placing a serving plate over the pan and carefully inverting. Serve warm with vanilla bean ice cream or whipped cream.