Description
Pear galette with a crispy and buttered pastry crust with an almond filling and juicy sliced pears (for a 10 inch / 25 cm tart about 10 slices).
Ingredients
Sweet shortcrust pastry
- 200 g (1 2/3 cups) Flour - all-purpose
- 80 g (3/4 cup) Powdered sugar
- 50 g ( 1/2 cup) Almond meal
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 Egg - room temperature
- 125 g ( 1/2 cup) Butter - unsalted and cold
Almond cream
- 50 g ( 1/4 cup) Butter - unsalted and softened
- 50 g ( 1/4 cup) Sugar - granulated
- 50 g (1/2 cup) Almond meal
- 1 Egg - room temperature
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
3-4 Fresh pears - or canned pears
Instructions
How to make the sugar dough
- In a large bowl, first place the flour, almond meal, sugar and salt, then add the butter and mix with your hands until you have a shortbread mixture.
- Then finish by incorporating the egg and mix until you obtain a homogeneous ball of dough
- Cover with cling film and place the sweet dough in the fridge for 1 hour.
How to make the almond cream
- In a bowl, start by creaming the butter, then add the almond meal, sugar and finish by adding the egg.
- Mix until you obtain a homogeneous preparation, then set aside in a cool place.
Assembly and baking the tart
- Preheat your oven to 356°F / 180°C and prepare a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Take the dough out of the fridge and on a floured work surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm.
- Move the dough onto the baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Fill the center with the almond cream, leaving a 5 cm rim of dough.
- Arrange the pears cut in the center over the almond cream and fold the edges of the dough over the pears.
- Sprinkle with cane sugar and bake for 30-45 minutes at 356°F / 180°C.
Notes
Storage: Up to 3-4 days in the refrigerator and up to 3 months in the freezer.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Tart, galette
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 9
- Sodium: 29
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 24
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 29