Tarte aux poire avec salsa de mangue (pear tart with mango salsa)

Method

1. Place the pears and 100g of caster sugar in a saucepan. Add in just enough water to cover the pears.

2. Bring to the boil and simmer until the pears are tender, around 10 minutes. Drain the pears and cut into even slices.

3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6.

4. Slit the vanilla pod open lengthways and scrape out the content of the vanilla pod into a bowl. Mix with the remaining caster sugar and the lemon zest.

5. Roll out the puff pastry finely and sprinkle over the vanilla and lemon mixture. Then fold and re-roll the pastry into a rectangle and leave it to rest on a greased baking sheet.

6. Layer the poached pear slices evenly over the puff pastry, overlapping the pear slices slightly.

7. Bake the pear tart for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.

8. Meanwhile to make the salsa, mix together the olive oil, mint and finely crushed chillies in a bowl and leave to macerate for 10 minutes.

9. Add the diced mango to the chilli mixture, mixing well.

10. To serve, pour some caramel sauce on a serving plate, place the tart on top with a quenelle of cream and spoon the salsa around. Garnish with a sprig of mint, a vanilla pod and icing sugar.