Vegetarian Paleo Almond Pear Frangipane Tart

Total time1 hr 45 min

Prep time30 min

Cook time45 min

5.0

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Vegetarian Paleo Almond Pear Frangipane Tart

This elegant tart is the kind of dessert that looks like it came from a French patisserie but comes together in your own kitchen with wholesome, grain-free ingredients. The crust is built from almond flour and tapioca starch, pressed into a tart pan and blind-baked until golden, giving you a buttery-tasting shell without a single gram of wheat flour. The frangipane filling — a silky blend of almond flour, coconut oil, maple syrup, and eggs — bakes up into something custardy and fragrant, especially with that hit of pure almond extract running through it. Ripe pears are fanned across the top and pressed gently into the filling before baking, so they turn tender and caramelized while the frangipane puffs up around them. Every component is sweetened with maple syrup, so there's no refined sugar anywhere in the recipe. It's a genuinely impressive centerpiece for a dinner party or a weekend treat, and the fact that it happens to be completely meat- and poultry-free is almost beside the point — this one earns its place on the table purely on flavor.

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Ingredients

8 servings

For the crust

2 cups almond flour
2 tbsp tapioca starch
¼ tsp fine sea salt
3 tbsp coconut oil, melted and cooled
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 large egg, lightly beaten

For the frangipane

1 ½ cups almond flour
¼ tsp fine sea salt
¼ cup coconut oil, melted and cooled
¼ cup maple syrup
2 large eggs
1 tsp pure almond extract

For the topping

3 medium ripe but firm pears, peeled, halved, and cored
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp sliced almonds (optional)

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom with coconut oil.
2
Make the crust: In a food processor, pulse together the almond flour, tapioca starch, and salt until combined. Add the melted coconut oil, maple syrup, and beaten egg, then pulse until the dough comes together into a soft, slightly sticky ball.

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