Fruit Galette
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Ingredients
- Dough:
- 1 1/3 cups/165 grams all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon/15 grams sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon/3 grams fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- Heavy cream, as needed
- 1 stick/113 grams unsalted butter, cut into big pieces
- 2 teaspoons/10 milliliters lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon/4 grams grated lemon zest (optional)
- Filling:
- 3 cups summer fruit of your choice (berries, stone fruit, figs), sliced or cubed if necessary
- 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup/100 to 150 grams sugar, to taste
- Pinch of salt
- Juice and grated zest of 1/2 lemon (optional)
- 3 to 4 tablespoons/25 to 35 grams cornstarch
- Frangipane:
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g butter
- 200g ground almonds
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
Directions
- Make the crust:
- 1. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, or in a large bowl, pulse or mix together flour, sugar and salt. In a measuring cup, lightly beat the egg, then add just enough cream to get to 1/3 cup. Lightly whisk the egg and cream together.
- 2. Add butter to flour mixture and pulse or use a pastry cutter or your fingers to break up the butter. If using a food processor, do not over-process; you need chickpea-size chunks of butter. Drizzle the egg mixture (up to 1/4 cup) over the dough and pulse or stir until it just starts to come together but is still mostly large crumbs.
- *Optional: Mix in lemon juice and zest if using. (I decided not to use this, since I put zest in the blueberry filling)
- 3. Put dough on lightly floured counter and pat it together to make one uniform piece. Flatten into a disk, wrap in plastic and chill for 2 hours, or up to 3 days.
- 4. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Roll the dough out to a 12-inch round (it can be ragged). Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper and chill while preparing the filling.
- Make the filling:
- Frangipane - Prepare the filling by whisking the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs, ground almonds and spices until you have a smooth paste.
- I only used a 1/3 of this frangipane and froze the rest and made another galette!
- Berry Filling - Toss together fruit, all but a tablespoon of sugar, the salt, the lemon juice and zest, and the cornstarch. Use more cornstarch for juicy stone fruit and less for blueberries, raspberries and figs. Pile fruit on the dough circle, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border. Gently fold the pastry over the fruit, pleating to hold it in (sloppy is fine). Brush pastry generously with leftover egg and cream mixture. Sprinkle remaining sugar on the crust.
- Toss the berries in a bowl with the lemon rind and juice. Option to add Sumac to berries or sprinkle on top after finished.
- 8. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the filling bubbles up vigorously and the crust is golden. Cool for at least 20 minutes on wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
