4 pear berry tart Recipes

unbaked 9-inch pie crust, pears, rinsed and cored, thickly sliced, zest and juice of 1 lemon, wild or red mixed berries (your choice), fresh or frozen (unthawed), red berries or strawberry jam, ground cinnamon, ground cardamom, lightly ground quick-cooking or traditional oats, light brown sugar (up to 3/4 if you like it very sweet)

sheet of ready rolled puff pastry, bananas, ripe and sliced in half lengthways (or a can of apple or peach or pear halves, mixed berries etc, discard juice), butter, sugar, brandy (or can use other complimentary liqueur instead), toasted sliced almonds (optional)

eggs, fine salt, sugar, milk, warmed, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, melted, unbleached all-purpose flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, marinated berries or glazed apples and pears, recipes follow, suggestion : maple syrup, marinated berries, sugar, vanilla bean , split lengthwise, and seeds scraped out with a knife and reserved, grated zest of 1/2 lemon, grated zest of 1/2 orange, water, freshly squeezed orange juice, freshly squeezed lemon juice, raspberries, blueberries, rinsed, strawberries, rinsed, tops trimmed, halved or quartered, if large, glazed apples and pears compote, granny smith apples or other tart baking apple (about 1 1/4 lb), bosc pears (about 1 1/4 lb), juice of 1 lemon, unsalted butter, sugar, grated zest of 2 oranges , plus their juice, two 3-inch-long cinnamon sticks, calvados , apple jack, or brandy (optional)