Poached Pear Galette Recipe with Blue Cheese Ice Cream
Try this amazing Poached Pear Galette Recipe with Blue Cheese Ice Cream Dessert that will wow your guests!
Prep Time: 1 hourhour
Cook Time: 2 hourshours
Total Time: 3 hourshours
Ingredients
For the Poached Pears:
1bottle of Merlot wine
2cloves
1crushed cinnamon stick
juice of 1 orange
1' x 4' orange zest
1/3cupof brown sugar
1/3cupof granulated sugar
1vanilla bean cut longways
6D'Anjou pears, peeled, cut in half and cored
For the Galette:
2cupsof flour
1tablespoonof flour
1teaspoonof Kosher salt
zest of 1 orange
8ouncesof cold Plugra unsalted butter cut into small chunks
8ouncesof ice cold water
1egg
1tablespoonof milk
2tablespoonsof sugar in the raw
For the Ice Cream:
1quartof heavy whipping cream
14ouncesof crumbled blue cheese
1 1/2cupsof sugar
juice of 1 lemon
zest of 1 lemon
1teaspoonof salt
Instructions
Poached Pears: Add all ingredients except for the pears into a pot and boil together. Once boiled, turn the heat down and add in the pears. Place a lid on top and cook for 30 minutes. Next, remove the pears and immediately cool in the refrigerator until cold.
Next, cook down the pear poaching wine liquid until it becomes a thick syrup. Cool once it has become thick.
Dough Recipe: Add all of the ingredients except for the water, egg, milk, and sugar in the raw, in a food processor and process for 10 seconds. Next, slowly trickle in some ice cold water until the dough is formed and flaky.
Place the dough on a clean surface and form a disk. At this point you can chill or roll it out.
When the dough is rolled out, place on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and then slice the chilled pears. Layer the pears in the center of the dough and then fold up all the sides.
Next, mix together the egg and milk and using a pastry brush, brush the outside of the dough and then sprinkle with sugar in the raw. Bake in the oven on 400° for 45 minutes.
Ice Cream: Scald the cream in a large pot and pour over the blue cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and salt and whisk until combined. Chill the mixture until completely cool and then pour it into your ice cream maker and follow the instructions.
To Serve: Serve the Poached Pear Galette with the Blue Cheese Ice Cream and merlot sauce.