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...
