Malagasy Quick Pear Tarts with Ice Cream

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

2 sht frozen puff pastry - (17-oz pkg) thawed

2 lrg Bosc pears peeled, halved, cored, cut lengthwise 1/8"-thk slices

2 tbl unsalted butter - (1/4 stick) melted

4 tbl sugar

Vanilla ice cream

Brandy

Cooking Instructions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out 1 pastry sheet on floured work surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Using 6-inch plate as aid, cut out 2 rounds. Repeat rolling and cutting with second pastry sheet, forming 4 rounds total. Place rounds on heavy large baking sheet, spacing apart. Using 1 pear half for each tart, fan out pear slices in center of each round. Brush tarts with melted butter; sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake until pears are tender and pastry is golden, about 22 minutes. Transfer tarts to plates. Top each with ice cream and drizzle with brandy.

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