Pear, walnut and Roquefort tart recipe
Pears and blue cheese are a well-loved combination, the sweet fruit is perfectly complemented by salty cheese in our easy pear, walnut and roquefort tart recipe. Use readymade puff pastry to save a little time when prepping this dinner recipe, perfect for 4.
See method- Serves 4
- 10 mins to prepare and 35 mins to cook
- 585 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1x 375g pack ready-rolled puff pastry
- 4 ripe pears, cored and sliced
- 125g Roquefort
- handful rocket leaves
- 20g walnuts, chopped
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1tbsp runny honey
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2450kJ 585.0kcal
- Fat
- 36g
- Saturates
- 18g
- Salt
- 1.3g
- Sugars
- 22g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 55.4gProtein 12.8gFibre 4.8g
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C, 400°F, Gas Mark 6.
- Lay the pastry out on a sheet of nonstick baking paper. Score a 1cm border around the edge. Prick the base all over with a fork and bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until lightly gold and starting to puff up around the edge. Arrange the pears evenly over the base of the tart, then top with the Roquefort,rocketand walnuts. Grind over a little pepper.
- Turn the oven down to 180°C, 350°F, Gas Mark 5. Bake in the oven until the pastry is cooked through and the cheese melting – check after 10 minutes, then check every four minutes or so until done. Drizzle with thehoneybefore serving.
