Blue cheese, pear & crispy sage tart

Name: Blue cheese, pear & crispy sage tart
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200 g No.1 Italian Torta di Gorgonzola Blue Cheese; 320 g pack puff pastry; 3 conference pears, cut into 0.5cm slices; 1 medium free range egg, beaten; 20 g pack sage, leaves picked; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp clear honey

Sharp Gorgonzola, sweet pears and aromatic sage are made for each other. Waitrose Food content producer Imogen Hope combines the trio in this easy-to-make tart, perfect for sharing or serving as an impressive dinner with minimal effort. Roll into more of our savoury tart recipes. Follow Imogen on Instagram.

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Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare10 mins
Cook25 mins
Total time35 mins
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200g No.1 Italian Torta di Gorgonzola Blue Cheese
320g pack puff pastry
3 conference pears, cut into 0.5cm slices
1 medium free range egg, beaten
¼ x 20g pack sage, leaves picked
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp clear honey

Take the cheese out of the fridge half an hour before use. Preheat the oven to 200°C/ 180ºC fan/gas 6. Unroll the pastry on its paper and use a sharp knife to score a 2cm border around the edges (don’t cut all the way through). Use the back of a spoon to spread cheese over the middle of the tart, then arrange the pear slices on top. Brush the border with the beaten egg, then season with salt and pepper. Put into the oven on a baking tray, on its paper, for 20 minutes until the edges begin to puff.
In a bowl, toss the sage leaves in the oil to coat and drizzle over 1-2 tbsp honey (depending on the pears’ sweetness), then scatter over the tart. Return to the oven for 5 minutes until the leaves are crisp. Rest for 5 minutes before serving.

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