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#14 Salted Caramel Pear Galette

9/25/2025
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This is a video from class teaching students about how to make a salted caramel pear galette. Some highlights include making caramel and discussing how to prevent crystallization of the sugar, making pie dough from scratch and how to make a galette. Ingredients are listed below:


Salted Caramel

  • ½ cup (200g) granulated sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons (90g) butter, room temperature cut up into 6 pieces
  • ¼ cup (120ml) heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon corn syrup
  • ½ tsp lime or lemon juice


Galette

    • ½ pie dough from your group
    • 1 ea pear or apple, peeled and diced
    • 1 oz packed light or dark brown sugar
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 fresh lemon, juiced (to prevent apple browning)
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    • salted caramel sauce (recipe above)
    • egg wash: 1 large egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon milk or water
    • optional: 1/4 cup(40g) total chopped almonds, raisins, coconut, etc...



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