Maple Chocolate Pear Frangipane Tart

INGREDIENTS

Crust:

1 cup

cold butter (, cubed)

1/2 cup

powdered sugar

2 cups

all purpose flour

1/4 tsp

baking powder

2 tsp

SEVA Maple Water (, ice cold)

Pears:

Pears peeled (, cored, and sliced in half (I like Bosc, but you may us any pear that is firm and ripe.))

1 qt

SEVA Maple Water

Almond Mixture:

1 cup

Almond Flour or Almond Meal

1 cup

Powdered sugar

egg

1 tsp

almond extract

1 cup

chocolate chips