Classic Pear Tart

This simple pear tart is easy to make from scratch and the taste is unbelievable. Your friends will believe that you spent all day preparing it.

Ingredients:

Tart dough:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup whole whear flour
2 tsp sugar
Pinch of salt
4 tbs butter cut into cubes and chilled
2 tbs butter milk
3 tbs cold water

For the filling:
3 Bartlett pears, peeled, cored, and sliced into 1/4 inch thick pieces
1 tbs lemon juice
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbs cornstarch
3 tbs brown sugar

Directions:
Prepare baking sheet by lining a 13" x 10" baking sheet with the same size of parchment paper.
Preheat oven set for 400°
To make dough:
In a food processor, place flour, sugar, and salt. Pulse a few times to mix. Add cold butter and press start for a few seconds and stop. Add cold liquid 1 tbs at a time and pulse. When dough looks coarsely milled, then remove the dough and place onto work surface. Gather dough and form dough into a ball. Wrap dough with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.

To make the filling:
In a big bowl, combine all the filling ingredients and mix well.

Assemble tart:
This is free from tart. Use a rolling pin to roll out dough into a round shape (about 9 inch in diameter).

 Transfer dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Pour the pear filling into the center of the dough.

Fold edges around to partly cover the filling.

The shape will be whatever your skill level and experience determines (an ugly or beautiful looking tart will still taste the same). Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Then lower the temperature to 350° and continue baking the tart for 25 more minutes.
Remove tart and let cool for 10 minutes before serving.