Pear&Nutella Tart

...where my homemade pastry is the scenery for the perfect marriage between the juicy and sweet pears of our garden and the Nutella (Italy favourite)...

Ingredients: h.m. pastry made with 200 gr all purpose flour, 100 gr softened butter, 1 egg+1egg yolk, pinch of salt, grated lemon zest; 500-600 gr pears (sliced), 5 tblsp Nutella,

sour cream(and yogurt) sauce made with 200 gr sour cream (or 100 gr s.c.+ 100 gr yogurt), 2eggs, 3 tblsp sugar, vanilla aroma.

Make the pastry: beat butter until soft, add sugar and mix. Add eggs, salt, some grated lemon zest. Finally, add flour and make a stiff dough. Knead lightly. Refrigerate for 30 mins at least.

Place sliced pears in a bowl with a tblsp of sugar and few drops of lemon juice.

Prepare the sauce, beating eggs with sugar. Add aroma, salt and sour cream or s.cream+yogurt mixture.

Now, line a 24 cm flan tip with the pastry. Spread Nutella on the base. Arrange pears on top, in a layer. Pour the sauce. Sprinkle some Demerara sugar and graund cinnamon. Bake for 35 mins in hot oven, until the pastry is golden brown.

Once made this Tart, I had spare sliced pears and sauce, though any Nutella left... So, I made a black pastry for another similar Tart with only a layer of pears and the sour cream+yogurt sauce on top...

The ingredients for the black pastry:

200 gr all purpose flour, 100 gr butter, 70 gr sugar, 1 egg+1 egg yolk, 15 gr cocoa powder, pinch of salt