Vanilla Spiced Caramel and Pear Tart

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed, or one 14- to 16-ounce package all-butter puff pastry (1 to 2 sheets, depending on brand), thawed
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 whole star anise
• 3 whole cloves
• Generous pinch of coarse kosher salt
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 6 medium firm but ripe Anjou pears, peeled, halved lengthwise, cored
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise in half
• 1/2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
• 2 whole star anise
• 6 whole cloves
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• Generous pinch of coarse kosher salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 egg white, beaten to blend
• 10-inch-diameter springform pan

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