Strawberry And Peach Galette Recipes

STRAWBERRY PEACH GALETTE

Steps:

• No need to preheat the oven just yet, the pastry needs to chill. Place the flour, sugar, salt and butter into your food processor and blitz until you have a breadcrumb texture. Slowly add the water, 1tbsp at a time, pulsing in between additions, until the pasty balls up into one large lump. Don't be tempted to add more water. It really only needs up to 4tbsp. It will go through a phase of looking like it won't come together, but keep blitzing and it will.
• Alternatively, place the flour, sugar, salt and butter into a large bowl and either use a pastry cutter or your fingers to cut the butter into the flour. Keep going until you have a coarse bread crumb texture, then slowly add the water and mix into one lump of dough.
• Tip the pastry onto a sheet of cling film and flatten into a disc. Wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Once the pastry has chilled, preheat the oven to 200C/400F and line a baking tray with grease proof paper.
• Place the strawberries, peaches, vanilla and sugar into a medium sized bowl and stir to coat everything with the sugar. Leave to one side while you roll out the pastry.
• Flour your worktop or use a lightly floured silicone pastry mat. Unwrap the pastry and place onto your surface. Roll the pastry out into a 10-12 inch round, it doesn't have to be perfect, the beauty of galettes is that they look rustic!
• Transfer the pastry onto your lined baking tray - I lightly flour my rolling pin and then take the top edge of the pastry, place it over the rolling pin and continue to gently bring the rolling pin towards me looping the pastry loosely around. Lift and transfer, then unroll the pastry.
• Spoon your fruit into the centre of your pastry and spread into an even layer, Leave a border of about 2-3 inches all the way round.
• Take a 2-3 inch length of the border and fold it up over the fruit. Then move along to another 2-3 inch length and fold that over, overlapping the previous one to give you a pretty fold. Continue until you have gone all the way around and folded all the pastry. Sprinkle the edges with demerara sugar and place in the oven for 30-35 minutes, until the pastry is golden and the fruit is bubbling.
• Leave to cool on the tray for 30-45 minutes or completely. You can serve this galette warm or at room temperature. If you want to glaze your fruit to make it glossy, place 1tbsp of apricot or strawberry jam into a small heat proof bowl and microwave for 20-30 seconds, just until it's easy to brush. Brush the jam all over the fruit and then serve with ice cream.
• Strawberry Peach Galette will keep in an airtight container, in the fridge for 4 days.

PEACH RASPBERRY GALETTE

Steps:

• Roll out dough to an 18-inch round on lightly floured parchment (parchment should measure at least 18 inches square; overlap 2 pieces, if necessary).
• Combine peaches, lemon juice, flour, salt, and 3/4 cup granulated sugar. Gently stir in raspberries and place in middle of pastry, leaving a 3-inch border. Dot top of fruit mixture with butter. Fold up edges of pastry to partially cover fruit; brush pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with almonds and sanding sugar. Slide galette on parchment onto a rimmed baking sheet (trim parchment to fit, if necessary). Refrigerate until dough is firm, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 degrees. Bake galette 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake until pastry is golden and juices are bubbling, about 30 minutes more. Let cool completely on a wire rack, about 2 hours.
• Stir together yogurt and remaining tablespoon granulated sugar. Cut galette into wedges and serve with sweetened yogurt.

STRAWBERRY GALETTE

Steps:

• Make the basil cream: Combine cream, basil, and sugar in a heatproof bowl. Set bowl over a small saucepan of simmering water, and stir until sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or up to 2 hours for a more pronounced basil flavor). Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Add mascarpone, and whisk until medium peaks form. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.
• Make the fried basil: Heat oil in a deep skillet to 325 degrees. Fry basil, a few leaves at a time, for 12 seconds. (The leaves will cause the hot oil to spatter; step away from the pan while they cook.) Drain leaves on paper towels, and let cool completely. Sprinkle both sides of the leaves with sugar. (Basil can be stored at room temperature overnight.)
• Make the dough: Pulse flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor to combine. Add butter, and pulse until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Add ice water, and pulse until just combined (dough will still be crumbly). Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or overnight).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out a 10-inch round, and transfer to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Make the galette: Cut strawberries lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Reserve end pieces for another use. Toss slices with 1/4 cup sugar and the cornstarch, and immediately arrange them in concentric circles on dough. Start 1 inch from edge, overlapping slices slightly. Fold edge of dough over berries. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Whisk together yolk and water. Brush dough with the egg wash, and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Dot berries with butter. Bake until crust is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Transfer to a serving plate. Serve warm with basil cream and fried basil.

STRAWBERRY GALETTE

Steps:

• Whisk the all-purpose flour and the almond flour in a large bowl, then set aside. (It's best to stick it in the freezer for about 15 minutes until ready to use, to ensure a well-chilled dough.)
• Slice 3 tablespoons of the butter as thinly as possible without getting obsessive about it. (It's OK if pieces break.) Cut the remaining 5 tablespoons of butter into 1/2-inch cubes. Keeping the sliced butter and cubed butter separate, set the butter in the fridge to chill until ready to use.
• In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix the 1/4 cup yogurt with 1 tablespoon of the water and keep cold in the fridge until ready to use.
• Whisk the flour mixture with the 1 teaspoon sugar and the salt. Spread the cubed butter pieces over the flour and cut the butter into the flour using a pastry blender or your fingers until the chunks look slightly smaller than pea size. Toss the butter slices with the flour mixture, separating them as you go, then gently press them into the flour between your fingers into flat sheets. (This extra step is helpful in creating pockets of steam, which will make for a flakier crust, an added bonus for pie dough makers of any skill!)
• Drizzle the chilled yogurt over the flour and butter mixture. Use a spatula or a wooden spoon to toss and combine. If the dough seems dry, drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the ice water, and continue tossing and combining, incorporating any dry flour bits at the bottom of the bowl and scraping off the spatula as you go, until the mixture just comes together in a mound. If needed, drizzle more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, without allowing the dough to get too wet.
• Transfer the dough to a large piece of plastic wrap, then press the dough into a 6-inch disk and wrap well. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees with the rack in the center position. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Prepare the filling: Place 1/2 cup sugar and the lemon zest in a large bowl and rub the lemon zest into the sugar with your fingertips. Add the strawberries, cornstarch and salt; mix well to combine, making sure the cornstarch is well incorporated. Add up to another 1/4 cup sugar if desired, depending on the sweetness of your strawberries and your desired level of sweetness.
• Dust your countertop with flour, then transfer the chilled dough to it and sprinkle a little flour on top of the dough. Roll the dough out to a 12- to 14-inch round, lightly flouring as needed. (It's OK if the edges break and the shape isn't perfectly round.) Gently transfer the dough by rolling it over a rolling pin and onto the prepared baking sheet. (At this point, if you've forgotten something, like preparing the egg wash, or if your dough has warmed up slightly, place the sheet pan in the fridge for a few minutes.)
• Mound the strawberries and their juices in the middle of the dough and leave a 2-inch border. Fold the border over the fruit, pleating as you fold and leaving the center of the galette exposed. Brush the crust with the egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake until the crust is golden and the strawberries are bubbling, about 35 minutes. It's OK if some juices leak. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour and serve.