Spiced Pear Tarte Tatin

Our friend Alison was getting all Frenchified in the kitchen recently so I said I'd pitch in with a French dessert. Naturally my friend Google assisted with a search of 'French desserts' and tarte tatin came up and inspired the following creation. As per usual, I didn't follow one particular recipe, but the one at Taste was the recipe in principle http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/25246/pear+tarte+tatin+with+brown+sugar+mascarpone.

Ingredients:

4 x large firm pears (I chose the type good for cooking)
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
50 g butter
2 tbs water
juice of 1/2 small lemon
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp rasa el hanout
2 sheets butter puff pastry (I use 1pkt Careme puff pastry)

To serve:
1 cup greek yoghurt sweetened with 1 tbs brown sugar

Method.

Peel, core and quarter pears. Put sugars and water in ovenproof frying pan and simmer until a nice caramel colour. Add spices, butter, lemon juice and pears and sauté until pears are JUST soft. Arrange pears in a circle (as per picture) and let them cool down for 20 minutes. Shape sheet/s of pastry in to a round that fits over the pan and tuck the pastry down the sides of the pan over the pears.  Bake in 200 degree oven for 30 mins or until puffed and golden brown. Leave in pan for approx. 10 mins then turn out onto a plate. Serve with sweetened yoghurt, ice cream or cream!!  Yummy