Pear Cranberry Galette

Very nice low calorie and fruit health dessert. Fancy enough for a formal dinner yet light enough for a brunch or seasonal dessert. With no added sugar and the fiber from the pears this is an excellent diabetic dessert as well.

Steps

Preheat oven to 350f.

Lightly coat baking sheet with non stick cooking spray.

In a medium bowl , mix together flour and salt.

While stirring flour mixture briskly with fork , drizzle in oil a little at a time , stirring until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Add almond extract and water a tablespoon at a time , adding just enough water for tough to come together.

Shape dough into a disc.

Wrap in in waxed paper or plastic.

Refrigerate one hour or until firm.

While dough chills , peel pears and slice in half lengthwise.

Core pears by cutting a v-shaped wedge lengthwise from the center of the cut side of each pear.

Place the pear halves in a bowl of water mixed with a little lemon juice.

On baking sheet , roll out dough int a rectangle.

Drain pears and and slice thinly.

Insert knife blade under the slices and lift onto dough.

Repeat with remaining slices.

Fold dough edges up and over pears about a 1 / 2 inch or so to form a border.

You can leave the edge plain or notch o.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour, salt, canola oil, almond extract, ice water, pears, splenda granular, no-sugar-added apricot jam, dried cranberries, slivered almonds, lemon juice