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Pear Compote: Quarter the pear, peel it, and remove the core.
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Slice diagonally into 5 mm thick slices.
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Combine the pear from Step 1, sugar, and lemon juice in a heat resistant container, cover with a lid (or cling film) and microwave for 3 minutes.
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Turn the pears over, cover with a lid and microwave for another 2 minutes.
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Let it cool down a little.
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When it's cool enough, chill in the fridge.
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Blind-baking the pie crust: Thaw the frozen puff pastry sheet in the fridge (about 30 minutes).
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Roll it out with a rolling pin to shape into a square (1 at a time).
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Quarter the pastry from Step 4.
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Make 4 slits and put into muffin molds.
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Make 4 slits as shown in the picture.
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Place a aluminum cup on each pastry and fill with baking beans.
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Blind bake in a preheated oven at 200C.
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Bake for 10 minutes, remove the baking beans and bake for another 10 minutes.
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Custard Cream: Combine the egg yolk and sugar in a bowl, and mix with a whisk until the mixture turns whitish.
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Sift in the cake flour and mix well.
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Warm up the milk in the microwave.
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Add 1/3 of the milk into Step 8 and mix lightly.
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Then add the rest of the milk and mix well.
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Transfer to Step 9 into a pan, heat over medium heat while stirring.
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When thickened, remove from the heat.
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Cool the pan in a bowl of iced water.
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When it's cooled a little, transfer to a container, cover tightly with cling film and chill in the fridge.
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You can whip heavy cream and combine with the custard cream if you like.
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To finish: Put the custard into the cooled pie pastry and decorate with the pear compote.
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You can put the whipped cream under the custard if you like.
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If the bottom of the pie crust is puffed up, press lightly to flatten it to secure the cream.
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I made my own pie crust!
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Please give it a try when you have time.
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I put canned tangerines (this one is canned Dekopon citrus) on top!
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I can only make 6 pies with this mold, so I use paper muffin cups to bake the rest.
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Cut the top part of the cups to adjust the height.
