Plum Galette

There’s something nigh making homemade fruit pies alongside a flaky, buttery crust that makes me happy.  My grandmother taught me to brand pies thence perchance it’s that connector that soothes me.  See Mammaw … I think what you lot taught me, alongside your rigid hands gently rolling soft dough into household unit of measurement memories.

Plums are nearly perfect inward every way.  They’re sweet, juicy, soft, tart in addition to absolutely satisfying.  Whether made into jam or eaten fresh from the tree, they’ve e'er been a favorite of mine.  And don’t you lot know they brand a pretty terrific pie too.

I’ve made a lot of crusts over the years thence I am oft surprised when a discovery a novel version I actually like.  This recipe from Jacques Pepin equally posted inward Food & Wine magazine is “buttery, flaky in addition to rattling forgiving.”  While I’m non unremarkably happy alongside an all butter crust, this is the exception.  Made completely inward the nutrient processor it comes together inward 2 pulses of the switch.  I adjusted the H2O downwards a niggling because I receive got institute it makes for a flakier crust.  Too much H2O makes a crust tough.

Rustic tarts, Galettes in addition to fifty-fifty pie crusts tin flame hold upward perfected alongside rattling niggling effort.  This Galette is similar a actually sparse pie brand without a dish.  I trimmed the crust thence I could utilization the extra for ornament but it’s non necessary.  It doesn’t affair if it turns out circular or strange shaped.  Divide the dough in addition to brand 2 smaller Galettes, that makes it easier to part 🙂

I was actually getting into this dessert thence I ended upward layering the plum slices inward concentric circles.  It tastes simply equally cracking alongside a pile-o-plums in addition to that gives it a much to a greater extent than rustic presentation.

Bake for nigh an hr or until the fruit is rattling soft in addition to the crust golden brown.

Lightly brush the fruit alongside plum, raspberry or apricot jam to add together a niggling sweetness in addition to that lovely shinny glaze.

Plum Galette



for the pastry:

1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1 1/2 sticks cold, unsalted butter, cutting into 1/2 inch pieces

1/4 teaspoon salt

5 tablespoons H2O ice water

for the filling:

1/2 loving cup sugar, divided

3 tablespoons dry soil almonds

3 tablespoons unbleached, all-purpose flour

2 pounds large plums, halved, pitted in addition to cutting into 1/2 inch wedges.

(Use 2 1/2 pounds of plums if you lot prefer a thicker Galette alongside the plums piled high)

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cutting into modest pieces

1/3 loving cup proficient character plum, apricot or raspberry preserves, strained if chunky or seedy

1 tablespoon turbinado or coarse saccharide for sprinkling on the crust

To brand the crust seat i 1/2 cups flour, i 1/2 sticks butter, in addition to 1/4 teaspoon tabular array salt into the bowl of a nutrient processor.  Pulse for five seconds. Be careful non to over process.  The butter should withal hold upward inward chunks.  Add the H2O ice mutual depression temperature H2O in addition to pulse five to a greater extent than seconds or until the dough comes together.  Gather the dough into a disc.  Place on a lightly floured surface in addition to gyre out into a sixteen (+-) circle.  The dough should hold upward nigh 1/8 inch thick.   Fold the dough inward one-half in addition to thence inward one-half again.  Transfer to a large baking canvass lined alongside parchment paper.  Unfold the dough in addition to chill until firm, nigh 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a modest mixing bowl combine 1/4 loving cup of the saccharide alongside the dry soil almonds in addition to iii tablespoons of flour. Spread the almond mixture over the dough leaving a 2 inch border.  Arrange the sliced summation on transcend in addition to point alongside iii tablespoons of butter.  Sprinkle the fruit alongside the remaining 1/4 loving cup sugar.  Fold the border of the dough upward over the plums to create a border.  Sprinkle the border alongside i tablespoon of turbinado or coarse sugar.

Bake the Galette on the middle rack for nigh i hour, or until the fruit is rattling soft in addition to the crust is golden brown.  Remove from the oven in addition to brush the hot fruit alongside the preserves.  Allow the Galette to cool to room temperature in addition to serve.

(adapted from Food & Wine)

Did I refer I’m on vacation?  We’re having a wonderful relaxing twenty-four hr menses inward Florida, searching for shells, taking long walks on the beach, playing alongside a novel photographic television set camera in addition to eating means also much.  Oh yeah naps.  We larn to accept naps.  This is means ameliorate than working!  I’ll receive got opor-garai photos to post service side past times side calendar week thence remain tuned.  And, delight banking concern represent dorsum afterward this calendar week for a wonderful, delicious, salubrious recipe for Taco Soup.

Thanks thence much for stopping by!  I promise your twenty-four hr menses is wonderful in addition to fun.

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com