Cranberry Pear Galette

This rustic fresh cranberry pear galette is a beautiful fall or holiday dessert that tastes as good as it looks.

When fresh cranberries make it to the stores, I can't wait to make something with them. This one is a rustic cranberry pear galette because both are in season, and when you make a galette, the crust is very forgiving, and it also shows off the beautiful filling.

Fresh cranberries work well in baking, and often you don't need to add extra sugar. For example, I've used them in a cranberry shortbread cookie when many are using dried cranberries with added sugar. However, the fresh cranberries look better and taste just as great.

Galette vs Pie

I chose to make a galette instead of a pie for a couple of reasons. For one, you need less crust for a galette, unless you are making a bottom only pie. Also, you don't have to worry about lifting the crust into a pie pan and working with the edges in some kind of fancy crimping style. You simply fold it over some of the filling. The last reason I like to make a galette is that the beautiful fruit filling shows in the middle, making a gorgeous looking dessert.

A Healthier Dessert

This is a dessert with less pie crust, which means fewer calories, and using fresh cranberries instead of sugar-laden dried cranberries helps too.

Also, like any pie type dessert, I did add some sugar to make the fruit filling, but no cornstarch or other ingredients. I also left the skin on the pears. It added a nice color, and since they were fresh, the skin was thin and tasty.

Making a Cranberry Pear Galette

Step 1. Make the crust in a food processor by combining flour, salt, and sugar. Then add cold butter, cut up into cubes. Slowly add in ice water while the processor is running. Just enough until the dough comes together.

Step 2. Remove the dough, form it into a flat disc, and wrap it in plastic. Then place it into the fridge for 1 hour.

P.S. You can use store bought refrigerated pie dough, but you may need two crusts rolled together.

Step 3. Toss the cranberries, pears, cinnamon, and sugar in a large bowl.

Step 4. Roll out the dough into a 1/4 inch thick circle. Place on a baking sheet, then add the filling in the middle of the circle.

Step 5. Fold the edges over the filling about 2 inches.

Step 6. Brush a little egg wash made with one egg and a teaspoon of cream over the crust and sprinkle a little sugar all over.

Step 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

The final touch was a small heart made from some of the dough, placed in the center of the pie. 

Cranberry Pear Galette

This cranberry pear galette is a beautiful fall dessert, with an easy rustic foolproof crust that anyone can make.

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Prep Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Additional Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 40 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 172 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Crust

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 sticks butter 1 cup cut up into small pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ice water about 1/2 cup

Filling

• 3-4 fresh pears cored and sliced bosc or anjou
• 11/2 cup fresh cranberries approx. 6 oz
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

egg wash

• 1 egg slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon heavy cream can substitute milk

Instructions

 

• Make the crust by mixing the flour, salt and sugar in a food processor.
• Add butter and pulse
• Add ice water as the processor is mixing until the dough just comes together.
• Remove form into a flat ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile toss the cranberries, pear slices, cinnamon and sugar in a large bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• After the dough has been refrigerated for one hour remove and roll out into a 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick circle or something close to a circle.
• Place the dough on a baking sheet and then pile up the filling in the middle of the dough.
• Then fold over the outside edges, about 2 inches.
• Brush with the egg wash and bake for about 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 172kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 105mgPotassium: 119mgFiber: 4gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 65IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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