Pear Galette Recipe
This rustic pear galette recipe is a great fall dessert featuring pear slices atop a delicious galette dough baked until golden brown. This pear dessert is easy and will quickly become a family favorite!
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry, refrigerated or frozen
- 5 ripe Bartlett pears, sliced
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon coarse sugar, for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F. Lay parchment paper on a cookie sheet and roll out your puff pastry.
- Lay your sliced pears on the puff pastry, leaving 2 inches around the outer edge free from pears so you can lay your pastry over the edge of the pears.
- In a small saucepan, heat up your butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, and salt. Bring to a boil and allow the mixture to bubble for 1-2 minutes. Cool to warm.
- With a pastry brush, generously brush the sauce over the fruit and the edges of the pastry.
- Sprinkle the edges of the pastry with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the pastry is a deep golden brown and the pears are soft.
- Let the galette cool for 5-10 minutes and enjoy with ice cream or homemade whipped cream.
Notes
- Brush top of dough with melted butter or egg wash and sprinkle dough with coarse sugar to give some color and flavor.
- For an extra crispy bottom, preheat a pizza stone in the over and slide the parchment paper on top to bake.