• 1-1/2 cups cake flour, chilled
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. unsalted butter, chilled
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 3 pears, peeled, halved, cored and cut into 1/8 inch slices
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine flour and 1 Tbs. sugar in a food processor or mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. With machine running, gradually add cold water. Stop mixing when dough forms a ball. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Roll dough into a 13 inch circle. Press into a 12 inch tart pan or shallow baking pan. Trim excess dough from edges.

Sprinkle with 1 Tbs. sugar. Starting from the outside, overlap pear slices in a circular pattern on dough. Continue arranging pear slices until dough is covered. If a hole remains in the middle of tart, fill with chopped pears. Sprinkle pears with remaining sugar and cinnamon. Bake 20 minutes. Turn on broiler and broil 1 minute or until sugar is caramelized. Remove from broiler and cool slightly. Cut into wedges.

This recipe serves 8 people. Due to the nature of this recipe, it adjusts the number of servings in multiples of 8 only.

Per serving: calories 203, fat 9.0g, 39% calories from fat, cholesterol 23mg, protein 1.8g, carbohydrates 29.8g, fiber 1.8g, sugar 13.2g, sodium 2mg, diet points 4.9.

Dietary Exchanges: Milk: 0.0, Vegetable: 0.0, Fruit: 0.6, Bread: 0.8, Lean meat: 0.0, Fat: 1.7, Sugar: 0.4, Very lean meat protein: 0.0

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