Rustic Pear Tart with Late-Harvest Riesling

Name: Rustic Pear Tart with Late-Harvest Riesling
Yield: 6 to 8 Servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 1 large egg yolk; 1 tablespoon late-harvest Riesling or other sweet white dessert wine; 3 large ripe Anjou pears, peeled, cored, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon all purpose flour; 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons late-harvest Riesling or other sweet white dessert wine; 1/2 cup water; Vanilla ice cream

By Jeanne Thiel KelleyPhotography by Mark Thomas

September 30, 2002

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