Fast Desserts Recipes -
Pear Galette
Ingredients
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1 sheet
ready-rolled puff pastry
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4 teaspoons
apricot jam
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4 teaspoons
ground almonds
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1 pear, peeled,
cored and sliced
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demerara sugar,
to sprinkle
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icing sugar, to
dust
Method:
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Preheat the oven
to 200°C (400F°/Gas 6). Line a baking tray with
baking paper. Cut the pastry into four even squares
and place on the lined baking tray.
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Spread 1 teaspoon
of the apricot jam on each square, leaving a 1.5cm
border. Sprinkle the ground almonds over the jam.
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Arrange the
sliced pear on the top and sprinkle wit demerara
sugar. Bake for 18 minutes, or until the pastry is
puffed and golden. Dust lightly with icing sugar and
serve warm with thick cram or ice cram, if desired.
Variation: Apple galette is just a delicious as pear:
cut out four individual rounds of pastry, brush with
jam, sprinkle wit almonds and arrange thinly slice
apples in a pinwheel effect. Slightly turn up the edge
of the pastry to form a lip, then bake.
Fast
Desserts Recipes - Pear Galette Dessert Recipe