Maple, Pear, Walnut and Blue Cheese Tart

Spring

Maple, pear, walnut and blue cheese tart
Featuring Pure Maple Syrup
6 portions

Ingredients

  • 375g pre-rolled short crust pastry
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil, plus an extra 1-2 tsp
  • 200g rainbow chard, stalks finely chopped and leaves roughly chopped
  • 2 pears, halved, cored and sliced
  • 3 large eggs
  • Grating of nutmeg
  • 150g crème fraîche
  • 150g blue cheese
  • 50g walnut halves
  • 75 pure Canadian maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich taste)
  • 100ml double cream

Method

  1. Pre heat the oven to 180C.
  2. Heat the butter and 1 tbsp oil in a heavy-based frying pan or skillet over a medium heat, chard stalks for 5-8 mins until soft and starting to caramelise. Add the chard leaves and continue to cook until wilted, then remove from the heat.
  3. Line a 20cm tart with the pastry and fill with baking beans.
  4. Toss the pear slices in 1-2 tsp oil and place on a baking sheet.
  5. Bake both in the oven for 15 minutes then remove both from the oven.
  6. Remove the baking beans from the pastry case and continue to bake for a further 8-10 mins until the bottom is golden and crisp.
  7. Lightly beat the eggs in a bowl, then season with some nutmeg and whisk in the crème fraiche maple syrup and double cream. Stir in the cheese then pour half the mixture into the tart case.
  8. Add half the chard and the rest of the custard. Then add the remaining chard.
  9. Top with the roasted pear slices and the walnuts and bake for 28-30 mins, or until golden and cooked through.
  10. Leave to cool for 20 mins, then slice and serve.

A pear, walnut and blue cheese tart sweetened by the natural sugars of pure maple syrup. This delicious tart recipe is ideal for spring, with the salty, sharp flavours of the blue cheese balanced perfectly by the pear and maple.

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.

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More about maple

The colour and flavour of maple syrup changes in subtle ways during the seasonal harvest

At the start of the sugaring season, the syrup is generally clear, with a light, sweet taste. It becomes darker with a caramelised flavour as the season progresses throughout the spring.

An unopened can of maple syrup keeps for many years

Once the can is opened, syrup should be kept in an airtight container in a cool place.

Maple spread doesn't contain any butter or dairy products

Like all 100% pure maple products, maple spread comes from the sap of the maple tree — that’s all.

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