Toffee pear galettes

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Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes

Serves: 4

Type: Comfort food

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Ingredients

2 small pears
1 sheet frozen butter puff pastry, just thawed
1 egg, beaten, to glaze
4 tablespoons bought toffee or thick caramel dessert sauce, plus extra, to glaze
Mascarpone or thick cream, to serve

Preparation method

1. Heat oven to 210°C/190°C fan forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

2. Peel, then halve the pears – through the stems, leaving them attached – and core pears. Cut each half into thin slices not quite through to stem.

3. Cut 4 circles from pastry to fit the fruit. Place on prepared tray; lightly brush with egg to glaze. Place 1 tablespoon toffee on centre of each circle and spread slightly. Top with a pear half and fan out the slices. Lightly brush pear with extra toffee.

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until pear is tender and pastry puffed and golden. Serve warm with mascarpone.

Choose firm-ripe pears with pretty stems. Use a saucer or cardboard cut-out as template for pastry circles. You can also cut pastry freehand into pear shapes about 1.5cm bigger than the fruit. Work quickly with just-thawed pastry.

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