Pre heat the oven to 180ºC. ( fan assisted oven )
In a bowl mix the flaxmeal and water ( making flax egg). Set aside.
Melt the butter and set aside.
In another bowl, add the ground almond and cornflour. Add icing sugar, passed through a sieve, to insure there are no lumps.
Scrape out the vanilla from the vanilla pod and add to the bowl.
Add melted butter and the flax egg and mix.
If using rum or any other alcohol, add now and mix.
Pour the mixture into a pre-prepared tart base. Follow the link in the recipe for my plum tart for a vegan tart base recipe.
Remove the pears, drain, and place them on the top of the almond cream.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes check if the tart is ready. It should be a nice golden brown colour and a skewer should come out clean.
Remove from the oven and let it cool down.
Once cooled down, carefully remove from the tart tin.
If you are looking for a beautiful glaze, you can warm some apricot jam and brush it on. This will give it a nice shine. Or dust with icing sugar and sprinkle some flaked almond.
Serve warm or at room temperature.