Preparation: 30 minutes / Cooking: 30 to 35 minutes / Servings: 6
We made this recipe with a semi-puff pastry and fresh, sweet and juicy peaches, fresh thyme and Balsamumm Bianco to give the filling a syrupy texture. The result is spectacular! Especially drizzled with Balsamumm original before serving, it will be love at first bite!
Ingredients
For crust
300 g (2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
2.5 ml (1/2 tsp.) Salt
225 g (1 cup) unsalted butter, cut into thin slices
150 ml (2/3 cup) ice water
For garnish
10 to 12 small or 5 to 7 large peaches, ripe but firm, halved, pitted and thinly sliced lengthwise
2 tbsp. unsalted butter in hazelnuts
Fresh thyme leaves
Toppings
Vanilla ice cream (optional)
Accessories
Parchment paper
Baking sheet with rim or mold about 18 x 12 inches
Preparation
For the dough, in a bowl, combine the flour and salt. Stir in the butter by crushing it into the flour with your fingers to obtain butter layers. Gradually add water and mix just enough to moisten the dry ingredients while leaving the pieces of butter. The dough should be soft and sticky.
Flour your work surface, roll out the dough into a rectangle about 13 x 9 in. Fold the dough in three crosswise. Fold the dough in half the other way around to form a square of dough. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 45 minutes or until dough is firm. The dough will keep for 2 days in the refrigerator or 1 month in the freezer.
Heat the oven to 200˚C (400˚F). Take the dough out of the fridge. Flour your countertop, roll out into a rectangle an inch and a half larger than your pan or baking sheet. Cut a sheet of parchment paper larger than your mold and place it in the mold. Add the pastry to the paper and create a rim with the excess dough all around the pan.
Distribute 1 tbsp. brown sugar on the dough. Distribute the pear slices on the dough, in the same direction, by making them overlap. Distribute the thyme leaves and the butter in small amounts. Add the Balsamumm Bianco.
Place on the center grill and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the peaches are lightly caramelized.
Let cool, serve with vanilla ice cream (optional), drizzle with Balsamumm Original.
