Easy Spiced Pear and Walnut Galette
A buttery, nutty pie crust with a spiced pear and walnut filling, it is so delicious!
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- For walnut pie crust:
- 1/4 cup walnuts pieces
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup salted butter - chunked cold
- 3-4 tablespoons ice cold water - add water and mix until dough pulls together
- For Filling:
- 4 pears - peeled cored and sliced
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 4 tablespoons walnut pieces
- 1 tablespoon warmed honey - for on top after cooking
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Mix together your walnut pieces, flour, sugar and salt.
- Add cold butter chunks to the flour mixture and cut in with a pastry cutter, fork or your hands until pea or larger sized butter pieces are found.
- Add in the cold water as you mix until dough comes together into a ball.
- Roll out dough into a large circle or rectangle (personal preference on the shape) and lay on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Add sliced pears to the middle of the dough, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and walnut pieces.
- Fold up the sides of the dough around the pears but leaving the most part of the center area of the pears exposed.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until dough gets slightly golden or feels cooked when pressed on.
- Remove from the oven and drizzle with warm honey.
- Enjoy!