Categories: Pies, Desserts, Fruits/nuts 
      Yield: 14 servings 
  
---------------------------FOR THE ALMOND PASTRY--------------------------- 
      3 c  Unbleached all-purpose flour 
     18 tb Unsalted butter; chilled 
           - cut into small pieces 
      2    Eggs 
      1 tb Milk 
      2 ts Vanilla extract 
      4 tb Sugar 
      1 ts Salt 
    1/2 c  Finely chopped almonds 
           Flour 
 
------------------------------FOR THE FILLING------------------------------ 
      3    7-oz tubes almond paste 
      2    Eggs 
      2 tb Amaretto liquor 
     14    Canned pear halves, in juice 
           -OR in extra light syrup 
           - drained or blotted dry 
     14    Canned apricot halves 
           - in extra-light syrup or 
           - juice, drained 
           - and blotted dry 
    1/2 c  Apple jelly 
      8 oz Low-fat vanilla yogurt 
      4 oz Sour cream 
  
  MAKE THE CRUST: Combine the flour, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla in the 
  bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel chopping blade. With an on-off 
  motion, process until the butter is the size of small peas. Add the sugar, 
  salt and almonds and process just until the dough starts to pull together. 
  Do not overprocess. Remove the dough from the bowl, pat it into a ball, 
  then flatten it into a disk about 3/4-inch thick, and dust with flour. 
  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Preheat oven 
  to 375F. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and gently massage it until 
  it is workable, turning it over a couple of times, and starting to flatten 
  it with your fingertips. Dust the dough, rolling pin and board or pastry 
  cloth with flour, and quickly roll dough into a rectangle large enough to 
  fit into an 11-by-17-inch jelly roll pan and about 1/8-inch thick. If the 
  dough sticks, add small amounts of flour and loosen with a dough scraper or 
  long, thin-bladed knife. Carefully roll the dough over the pin or fold it 
  into quarters and position it over the pan. Unroll, and ease the dough into 
  the tart pan, working to flatten the bottom and to ease the dough well into 
  the corners and against the sides. Patch where necessary, then trim off any 
  excess dough with a knife. Prick in several places, and transfer the pan to 
  the middle of the preheated oven to bake just until the pastry is set but 
  not browned, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the pan and let the pastry cool 
  while preparing the filling. 
   
  FILL THE TART: In a medium-size bowl, combine the almond paste, eggs and 
  amaretto, beating with an electric mixer until smooth. Scrape the mixture 
  into the crust, and spread it evenly with a metal spatula. With a sharp, 
  thin-bladed knife, cut across each pear half at 1/4-inch intervals. You 
  should end up with about 7 slices. Beginning at the left edge of 1 long 
  side, place the wide end of the pear touching the side of the pan, pressing 
  gently to elongate it. Put an apricot half at the narrow end. Next, place 
  an apricot touching the side of the pan, to the right of the first pear, 
  and add a sliced pear with the narrow end touching the apricot. Continue 
  until the whole side is filled with 7 pear halves and 7 apricot halves. 
  Repeat the same procedure for the second half of the tart, continuing with 
  the pears facing in the same direction as they do in the first row. Return 
  the pan to the oven, and bake until the almond paste is light brown and the 
  crust is a rich brown, about 15 to 18 minutes. While the tart is baking, 
  melt the jelly over low heat. Remove the baked tart, brush on the jelly 
  glaze, and let the tart cool to room temperature. Cut the tart into serving 
  size portions of an apricot and pear on each slice. Combine the yogurt with 
  the sour cream and spoon it over the tart as it is served.