Pear and Cardamom Tart

Pear and Cardamom Tart

Making this Pear and Cardamom Tart was an easy decision once I bit into these more-than-remarkable pears.

However, actually cooking it required a technician! A Beko oven specialist.

Not only did I think that it had been a long, hot summer, my appliances did too. My oven decided to spit the dummy and went on strike and the car thought it would follow suit. I’m not overly impressed but am pushing on like a warrior.

Dropping the car into the Sanayii (industrial zone) for its 3-day sojourn, the kind mechanic told me I could whip into the market before he drove me home. As we live 20km out of town, with no immediate shops around,  I needed to stock up if we were to be immobile for half a week or so.

FAREWELL TO SUMMER FRUITS…NO FRETTING. LOVELY FRUITS TO FOLLOW

With all the juicy summer fruits still heaped up in perfumed mountains, apples and pears hardly get a look in. However, I passed a stall with the most fabulous looking pears so I just had to stop and buy a few kilos. I was not let down at all.

I can highly recommend these late summer/early autumn pears and will definitely be buying more next market day. Pears are in season from late summer through to winter, so there’s no excuse to miss them.

I could not put off making the Pear and Cardamom Tart any longer and now that I finally did, I wonder why it took me so long.

It’s incredibly simple and sooooo delicious.