PEAR AND CRANBERRY RUSTIC TART RECIPE

Pear and Cranberry Rustic Tart Recipe

You can either cut up the pears into cubes, or halve them and core them, and use pear halves. The halves will make a prettier presentation, but the cubes will be easier to prepare.
Ingredients

* 4 pounds (about 8) Bosc or Bartlett pears, peeled, cored, cubed into 1-inch pieces (or halved)
* 1-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled, chopped
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar (do not sub brown sugar, it will change the taste too much)
* 1/4 cup (half a stick) pareve margarine, cut into small cubes
* 1 pie crust
* 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
* 1 teaspoon almond extract

Method

Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil. Toss together in the pan the cubed pears (or pear halves if using), ginger, and sugar, and spread out evenly in the pan. Dot the top with margarine. Roast for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until the pears are tender when pierced with a fork, and starting to get brown and caramelized around the edges. Remove from oven and let cool.

Use a slotted spoon to lift the pears out of the roasting pan, and place in a large bowl. Stir in the cranberries and almond extract.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mound the pear and cranberry filling in the middle of the pie crust, leaving a 2 to 3 inch border. Fold up the edges over the fruit, pleating the crust around the edges, leaving most of the fruit exposed in the center. Chill for half an hour before baking.

Bake for 1 hour, or until the crust is nicely browned.

Cool on a rack for at least an hour before serving.