Directions

Make the tart crust

1. Mix the flours, salt and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
2. Chop the cold butter into small cubes and cut to the dry mixture with a hand held pastry blender.
3. When the dough is crumbly and the butter is broken up into pea-sized chunks, add the buttermilk.
4. Mix until the dough is moistened, then turn dough onto the counter and knead it into a ball.
5. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour in the fridge.

Form & Fill Tart

1. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
2. Cut the pears in half, spoon out the seeds and cores and set aside as they will be used in the glaze.
3. Thinly slice the pear halves, keeping the halves together (as shown in the picture). Pull the dough out of the fridge and split it into two equal pieces. Place one half in the freezer for another day.
4. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly flour the parchment paper before placing the dough in the middle. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a 20 inch circle (or anything close to a circle will do).
5. Place the pear halves in the middle of the circle, starting from the middle and fanning them out. Leave 2 inches around the edge.
6. Fold up the dough edges around pears, creating a 2-inch free-from crust edge.
7. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden.

Make the glaze

1. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan mix the sugar, water, spices, cranberries and pear cores.
2. Allow to simmer over low heat while the tart bakes, reducing to a thick syrup.
3. Remove tart from the oven allow it to cool for 10 minutes strain the syrup and pour it over tart.
4. Serve with vanilla ice cream or a dollop of crème fraiche.