Apple-Pear Tarts with Caramel Sauce

Three Little Ghostesses

Three little ghostesses 

Sitting on postesses, 

Eating buttered toastesses, 

Greasing their fistesse, 

Up to their wristesses, 

Oh, what beastesses 

To make such feastesse!

Cook's Notes: Todays feastesse:  Apple Pear Tart with Caramel Sauce

Bake this treat and your family and friends will be impressed. It tastes like it came from a  bakery with a crispy yet flaky crust topped with sweet cinnamon pear and apple mixture and a drizzle of caramel sauce. What's not to like on this one!! A real winner in my book.  

Recipe makes 6 tart servings and adapted from cuisineathome.com October 2017

Tarts Ingredients:

• 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry, thawed cut lengthwise and then into 6 rectangles. 
• 2 TB. each granulated sugar and brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. Saigon cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 large Granny Smith apple cut in thin slices
• 2 Pears Bosc or Anjou, cut in thin slices
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 cup almonds or pecans

Directions:

• Mix sugars, cinnamon and salt, set aside.
• Cover a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. 
• Place puff pastry on baking sheet and cut into 6 rectangles. Space each out on baking sheet. 
• In a large bowl add sliced apples. pears and lemon juice. Mix in sugar and cinnamon.   
• Divide apple, pear mixture among 6 rectangles. Spread mixture out on each puff pastry leaving an edge all around the sides of each tart. Use a fork and press down all around the edges of the tart.  This helps the edges puff up around the outside. 

• Sprinkle with crushed nuts.  Bake for 18 minutes or until golden brown.

Caramel Sauce Ingredients:

• 2 TB. brown sugar
• 1 TB. butter
• 1 TB. heavy cream
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla
• Dash of salt

Directions:

• Whisk ingredients and heat on a low heat until thickened about 3 minutes. 
• Drizzle over tarts.