Brie and Pear Tart
A sweet and savory Brie and Pear Tart recipe for fall. It’s simple to make, yet looks luxurious!

If you’ve been reading ASP very long, you know, there are very few things I enjoy as much as cheese. In fact I believe cheese to be an ingredient that makes every other ingredient better.
Don’t believe me?
- Cheese and Chocolate: Ricotta Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Cheese and Seafood: Southern Shrimp and Cheesy Grits
- Cheese and Pumpkin: Creamy Chocolate Pumpkin Bar
- Cheese and Pickles: Ploughman’s Lunch
- Cheese and Beets: Roasted Beet and Radicchio Salad
And you doubted.

Pear and Brie Tart
Personally, I adore pairing fruit and cheese.
This simple, yet elegant, Brie and Pear Tart recipe holds the perfect balance of sweet and savory. It is not exactly a dessert, or an appetizer… It’s both!
This pear tart is easy to make, and is the perfect appetizer to make-and-take to dinner parties this season.

How to Make Pear Brie Tart
- Simply fit a pie crust down into a tart pan.
- Spread soft brie over the bottom.
- Arrange thin ripe pear slices in the shape of a flower, over the brie.
- Then brush on a brandy glaze and bake!
Pro Tip: You can get creative with the pattern on top. This flower pattern allows you to squeeze in a lot of pear slices.

Serving Suggestions
Serve this Brie and Pear Tart as a luxurious first course, as a main course with a salad, or as a European-style dessert (meaning not super sweet.)
Anyway you serve this tart, it’s sure to be a show stopper.

More Tart Recipes You Will Love
- Fresh Tomato Tart
- Mini Cherry Tarts Recipe
- Meyer Lemon Tart
- Tomato Galette (Savory Italian Pie)
- Irish Potato Pie
- Tamale Pie Recipe

Brie and Pear Tart Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 roll-out refrigerated pie crust, or homemade
- 8 ounces ripe brie cheese (1 wedge)
- 3-4 ripe pears
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Pear Brandy or pear schnapps
- Salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out the piecrust and carefully fit it down into the tart pan—making sure not to stretch the dough. Fold the excess dough inward and press into the ridges of the pan.
- Slice the brie into thin strips, leaving the rind intact. Cover the bottom of the tart with the brie and press around evenly.
- Cut the pears into super-thin slices. Overlap them around the exterior of the tart pan, leaving a hole in the middle. Then stand the slices up and press into the exposed brie, creating the shape of a rose. Continue to bend and overlap the pears all the way to the center. It will take very thin slices to curl in the middle.
- Mix the brown sugar and pear brandy in a small bowl. Drizzle over the top of the pears; then sprinkle with salt.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the brie is bubbling up and the crust in golden. Sit for 10 minutes before extracting it from the tart pan and cutting.



I can’t wait to make this. My favorite way to eat Brie is to wrap it in phyllo dough and bake until the cheese is melted and then cover with homemade raspberry jam and serve…it is amazing. The first time I had brie and pears together was in a tapas restaurant in Seattle, have been in love with the combination ever since.
delicious combination tart looks beautiful
My favorite appetizer is: Cut a baguette into slices about 3mm thick and arrange on a baking sheet. Spread goat cheese on top. Sprinkle with Herbs de Provence. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake at 350 degrees F until the edges start turning golden brown. Serve on a beautiful platter. They are delicious appetizers and go great with salads. Bon Appetit!
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Yum, that looks amazing! Adding this to my ‘make’ pile. My favorite way to eat brie and goat cheese is on a cracker with some honey drizzled over it.
That tart looks amazing! It’s on my must-make fall list. So, goat cheese and brie. I would eat goat cheese on ANYTHING – I adore it. Tonight I made homemade pasta sauce with red wine, balsamic vinegar, tomatoes from my parents garden and topped it all with goat cheese. Delish.
This looks absolutely delicious!
I love eating brie with apple slices. As for goat cheese, I like to coat round slices in bread crumbs, fry the rounds, and eat them on top of a fresh green salad. Got the idea in a restaurant in France!
I would love this brie — and mostily I’ve eaten brie on crackers.
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