Gluten-Free Asian Pear Tart with Honey-Rum Glaze

Ingredients for crust: 

2 & 1/2  cups Bob's Red Mill gluten-free flour

3 tbsp sugar

8 tbsp Earth Balance butter substitute

1/4 tsp salt

1 small egg or 1/2 large egg

2 tsp. vanilla

Ingredients for filling:

5 Asian pears

1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon

2 tbsp corn starch

Ingredients for honey glaze:

1/2 cup honey

1/8 cup water

2 tbsp. rum

Directions:

Peel and slice pears into 1/4-inch wedges. Mix lemon, brown sugar, and corn starch together, then add pears.  Cook pears in microwave for 5 minutes.

Mix flour, salt, and sugar in food processor, then add Earth Balance, mixing on pulse until dough starts to clump together.   Stir vanilla and egg together and add enough to moisten the dough.  The consistency of the dough should be similar to sugar cookie dough.  Press into tart pan.  Using a dinner fork, poke some holes in the bottom of the crust and bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.  Remove from oven and turn oven to 350.  Arrange pears in a circular pattern on top of the tart crust.  Return to oven and bake for 20-30 minutes until crust begins to brown.  

In small saucepan, bring water to a boil and add honey, turn down heat to simmer and cook for an additional 10 minutes, stirring constantly so it doesn't boil over.  Remove from heat and cool then whisk in rum.  After tart has cooled, brush honey glaze over the top.

I also tried this with apples...both yummy!

Pear Tart

Apple Tart