oil sardine

SEASONAL CYBER KITCHEN

I would like to tell my recipes to my friends and future. I love togo to farmer's markets. When I see the beautiful vegitable, I can't stopto buy it. Therefor,our today's catches often start with vegitable. Myrecipes' spirit is simple with some original topping.

Today's catches are pears. Lately,we've often seen pears in a localmarket in Japan,which we hadn't seen much befor.

Ingredient　　　　　　　　　　　　　

＊Pastry Dough

　　　　　　

• 1 cup flour,sifted　
• 1/4 cup(1/4 pound) unsalted butter,room temperature
• 1 1/2 table spoons sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

＊Pears　

　　　　　　　　

• 2 pears,peeled,quatered,and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

＊Sourcream Filling

　　　　　　　

• 1 egg　
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch　　　　　　　　　　　
• 1/3 cup sourcream
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest

＊Finish　

• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• 1 tablespoon rum

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
• butter and flour coat an 8" tart pan

Recipe

１、Start from pastry dough. Place the butterand suger into the bowl,combinewith a wooden spoon until it becomes white.

２、Add egg yolks one, another to the bowl. Add the vanilla extract.

３、Sift the flour again, add it to the bowl, and combine. Place the mixtureinto a plastic bag and refrigerate for two hours.

４、Remove the pastry dough from the refregilator. Sprinkle your work surfacegenerously with flour.

５、Roll out a thin circle of dough, about 1/8" thick. Gentry fitit overthe tart pan. Use your thumb and forefinger to press the dough aroundthe inside of the tart pan. Pass the rolling pin over the top of the insideof the pan to cut off the dough to assure that it gits tightly againstthe pan's rim. Prick the bottom of a pastry shell with a fork; set aside.

６、Arange the sliced pears in rows on the pastry shell.

７、Make the sour cream filling. Combine the sugar, cornstarch, sour cream,and plain yogurt.

８、Pour into the pastry shell. Place the tart pan into the oven and bakefor 30 minutes until it turns golden brown; set aside to cool.

９、Mix the apricot jam and the rum in a small cup. Blush them over thetop of the tart.

Note：

• Except using the vanilla extract, you'd better keep the vanilla sugerin a jar. Jast put the vanilla beans in a jar with sugar.
• Replace the pear with fresh cherry or fresh apple, and bake a cherrytart or an apple tart. Junko Asai '96.11.１６

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