Gordon's apple & pear crumble tart

Gordon's apple & pear crumble tart

Gordon Ramsay's version of this autumn favourite is a little bit smarter, with a layer of delicious frangipane

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours plus chilling

Method

  1. To make the pastry, sift the flour, a pinch of salt and the icing sugar into a large bowl. Rub in the butter until it forms breadcrumbs.
  2. Beat the whole egg with the vanilla seeds and pour through a sieve into a well in the centre of the flour mix. Mix, then knead on a clean surface until the pastry comes together. Cover and chill for two hours.
  3. To make the frangipane, cream the butter and icing sugar together, slowly mix in the egg, flour and ground almonds. Chill for 2 hours before using.
  4. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Roll out the pastry to the thickness of a £1 coin (work quickly as it will be soft) and line a 34cm x 11cm oblong or 22cm round tart tin. Bake blind for 15-20 minutes. When the pastry is light brown take out and brush with the egg white. Bake again for 5-10 mins until golden brown.
  5. Meanwhile, toss the fruit in the spices. Heat a knob of the butter until foaming, then add the fruit and toss for about 30 seconds. Add the soft brown sugar and cook until the fruit is soft, but not broken down. Rub the remaining butter into the flour and stir in the demerara sugar and hazelnuts. Fill the tart with frangipane, then fruit, and top with crumble mix. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
  6. Serve with cream or custard.

Per serving

802 kcalories, protein 9.97g, carbohydrate 90.5g, fat 39.5 g, saturated fat 24.5g, fibre 4.4g, salt 0.44 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2009.

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  • Binder photo Fave Recipes

    12 December 2009

    Fave Recipes commented on this recipe

    Going to make this for one of the Christmas Day puddings...will report back :o)

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  • Binder photo Mon

    19 May 2010

    Mon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I followed this recipe to a T, and WOW - what an absolute taste sensation!! The different textures and flavours really worked together. I could quite happily eat this every single day! Good tip if you do have it the next day (and the next day after that) is to heat your slice up in the microwave for 50 seconds for that 'just been baked' taste :) An amazing recipe by Chef Ramsay!!

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  • Binder photo Kazzzz

    24 May 2010

    Kazzzz rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    a lot of effort but worth it for a special occasion, i went a bit too heavy on the spices (but thats my own taste) so i'd say a pinch for each (unless you really love cinnamon etc) seemed to take about 45-50 minutes to brown the top for me (but that could be my oven) the frangipane, so good! will be adding this to other cakes/tarts! Definitely one to go on the christmas dinner party list!

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  • Binder photo Lisa23081

    23 November 2010

    Lisa23081 commented on this recipe

    Made this for a dinner party and it was my first time at making my own pastry - absolutely amazing results! Easy to make and tastes gorgeous, will be making this again to impress the mother-in-law! :)

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    23 November 2010

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    5 stars

    Forgot to add the stars! :)

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  • Binder photo Surfchick

    29 November 2010

    Surfchick rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Wasn't too keen on this. It was tasty but a lot of effort for something that is not exactly spectacular! I found it also took about 40 minutes to brown the crumble topping. Probably wouldn't bother making again

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  • Binder photo salstrawberry

    20 August 2011

    salstrawberry rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Easy to make, I only used apples as we have so many from the garden at the moment. Absolutely delicious and the nutty crumble topping was amazing!

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    01 October 2011

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    11 November 2011

    owengirl rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe is amazing. Yes it is a bit more effort than the average crumble but efoorts are paid off by the end result. I followed the recipe without customisation.

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 2 hours plus chilling

Ingredients

  • 4 Braeburn apples , peeled and diced
  • 4 pears , peeled and diced
  • a large pinch ground ginger
  • a large pinch ground cinnamon
  • a large pinch ground nutmeg
  • 185g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp soft brown sugar
  • 150g plain flour
  • 80g demerara sugar
  • 50g hazelnuts , crushed

ALMOND FRANGIPANE

  • 50g butter
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 10g flour
  • 50g ground almonds

SWEET PASTRY

  • 250g plain flour
  • 125g icing sugar
  • 125g butter , chilled
  • 1 egg , plus 1 extra white
  • 1 vanilla pod , split and seeds scraped out
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Per serving

802 kcalories, protein 9.97g, carbohydrate 90.5g, fat 39.5 g, saturated fat 24.5g, fibre 4.4g, salt 0.44 g

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