Simon King and Dave Myers served up a delicious pear, walnut and Stilton tart with roasted figs and honey on The Hairy Bikers: Coming Home for Christmas.

the ingredients for the pastry are: 300g plain flour, plus extra for rolling, 175g butter, preferably unsalted and 1 free-range egg, beaten.

For the filling : knob of butter, 1 tsp olive oil, 3 medium conference pears, peeled, quartered, core removed and thickly sliced lengthways, 3 free-range eggs, beaten, 300ml crème fraîche, 3 fresh sage leaves, finely shredded, 150g Stilton, rind removed, broken into small pieces and 40g walnuts, broken into small pieces.

To serve: 6 figs, ends trimmed and cross cut on top and 2 tbsp honey.

See recipes by The Bikers in their book titled: The Hairy Bikers’ Ultimate Comfort Food available from Amazon now.