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Raspberry Pear Tart

Cook Time: 50 to 60 mins.

Preheat oven: 350 degrees

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

6 sheets of Fillo dough (you may purchase in the freezer department of your supermarket)
3 pears peeled and thinly sliced
1 egg (yolk & white separated)
1-10 oz. jar Sorrell Ridge Raspberry
1/2 cup butter or margarine (melted)

1. Use a 9" x 13" jellyroll pan and spray the bottom of the pan with vegetable spray. Lay down your first sheet of Fillo dough. The dough will be slightly larger than the pan. Do not trim. Using a pastry brush wet the bottom layer with some of the margarine. Place down your second piece of Fillo and brush with more margarine. Make sure you wet the dough all the way to the edges. Repeat the process until all layers are done and brush the top layer as well. If you need more margarine to complete the job then melt a bit more, but make sure the dough is completely moist. Now roll in the extra dough that has been overlapping the pan to form a low edge on the inside of the pan. This creates a classic tart-like shape to the pastry. Now brush your raw pastry all over with the egg white. Bake your pastry shell for about ten minutes until golden.

2. Remove the shell from the oven. The center may have puffed up a bit, so with a paper towel gently press down so the bottom of the pastry is flat again. Be careful not to burn yourself. Now brush 1/2 jar (5 oz.) Sorrell Ridge Raspberry all over the bottom of the pastry. You are now ready to arrange your pear slices.

3. Arrange your pear slices decoratively, each slice slightly overlapping the next, in neat rows. Only make one layer of slices on the tart. Brush the pear slices with the egg yolk and return to the oven for another ten minutes. Remove from oven.

4. Now brush the pear slices with the remaining Sorrell Ridge Raspberry. Bake about another 20 minutes until you see the Sorrell Ridge begin to bubble. It's done.

5. Serve warm or room temperature with unsweetened heavy whipped cream or my Sour Cream Topping found in the Poached Spiced Fruit Recipe.

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