Chocolate and pear tart

This tart is ideal for any dinner party, and the refreshing pear juice cuts the richness of the dark chocolate. It is great and will sure be a hit with all your friends!

Ingredients

• A pack of ready-made short crust pastry
• 125g ground almonds
• 2 large free-range or organic eggs
• 125g butter, softened
• 95g caster sugar
• 185g dark chocolate, melted
• 3 pears, peeled, cored and quartered
• Sour cream

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190*C. Roll out the pastry and use it to line a 24cm tart tin. Leave in the freezer to rest for at least 20 minutes, or longer if you can.
   
2. Bake the pastry blind for around 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then remove, set aside, and reduce the oven temperature to 170.
   
3. Mix your almonds, eggs, butter and sugar together and stir in the melted chocolate while it's still warm. Pour the mixture evenly into the pastry case and then press the pears into the chocolate and almond mixture.
   
4. Bake the tart for 45 minutes until the pastry is golden brown and the chocolate and almond.

(Source jamieoliver.com)