Construction began. We grated a small amount of marzipan (or almond paste) over one half of the pastry, then added drained pear halves to cover it.
To make sure the pastry sealed, egg wash was applied to the edges of the pastry and the remaining pastry was laid over the pear covered base. We gently stretched the top layer of pastry to encase the pears, and used a fork to crimp the pastry together.
The top of the parcel was egg washed, and some toasted flaked almonds were sprinkled over.
The pastry parcel was put onto a nonstick baking tray (still on the paper it was unrolled on) and placed in a pre heated 200C fan oven for 10 minutes. It was checked and turned and cooked for a further 3 minutes until browned.
We served it with pouring cream, but ice cream or clotted cream would work well too.