Geneva pear flan (geneve)

1 tart

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
300gramsPastry; shortcrust or puff
20gramsFlour
30gramsSugar
Cinnamon; ground
8Pears; ripe, peeled and cut into thin strips or grated with a coarse grater
50gramsLemon peel; candied cut in small dice
50gramsOrange peel; candied cut in small dice
100gramsRaisins
1decilitreWhite wine
¼decilitreWalnut oil
40gramsBrown sugar
1decilitreCream

Directions

The units: 100 g = 3½ oz; 1 dl = 3 ½ fl oz; 24 cm = 9 ½ in Line a 24 cm wide flan ring with the pastry and prick well with a fork. Mix the sugar, cinnamon and flour thoroughly and sprinkle this onto the pastry base. Mix the pear slices, lemon and orange peel, raisins and oil together then spread this on top. Moisten the mixture with the white wine (all or part of the wine, depending on the amount of pear juice in the flan ring).

Sprinkle with the brown sugar and cover with cream. Bake for 30-35 minutes at

220 oC. Loosen the sides of the flan and leave to cool; turn out when cold. Serve cold.