Mixed Berry Galette
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Pam
I wanted to make a nice dessert to serve to our friends who were coming for dinner. My daughter suggested a peach pie since we had fresh peaches. I've always wanted to make a galette so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. I used a wonderful pastry recipe from Ina Garten and it was very quick and easy to make. After peeling the peaches, I realized they were no good - dry and rubbery...UGH. I found a package of Trader Joe's frozen mixed berries and cherries in the freezer so decided we would have a mixed berry galette. I made the mistake of letting the pastry dough sit on the counter for a few minutes before I rolled it out. It was warm and difficult to work with. I didn't give up and finally formed my galette. It wasn't the prettiest I've seen but it worked. It collapsed a bit in the oven while baking so it wasn't a perfectly formed galette but it was unbelievably tasty. I served it with fresh whipped cream and we all (seven of us) gobbled it up. It was sweet and tart with an incredibly flaky crust. This is now my very favorite dessert.Pastry Dough:
- 1 cup of flour
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 stick of butter
- 3 tbsp of ice cold water
Place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the butter and toss quickly (and carefully!) with your fingers to coat each cube of butter with the flour. Pulse 12 to 15 times, or until the butter is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water all at once through the feed tube. Keep hitting the pulse button to combine, but stop the machine just before the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured board, roll it into a ball. Wrap the disks in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Filling:
- 2 1/2 cups of frozen mixed berries and cherries (or whatever fruit you want)
- 1/2 cup white sugar (more if the fruit is extra tart)
- 1 tbsp flour
- Water
- Raw sugar crystals
- 2 tbsp butter
Mix the berries with the sugar and flour then cover and set aside for a couple of hours so they thaw.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Remove the pastry dough from the refrigerator and roll into an 11 inch circle on a floured surface. Place on baking sheet. Spoon the berries into the center of the pastry, leaving a 1 1/2 inch border. Carefully fold the border of the pastry over the fruit, pleating it to make an edge. Brush water on the exposed pastry and add a bit of raw sugar crystals. Top the fruit with a couple of pats of butter.
Bake the galette for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let rest for a few minutes.
Whipped Cream:
- 1 pint of whipping cream
- 3-4 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Mix all ingredients with a hand blender for 5-7 minutes until fluffy. Once the galette has cooled a bit, slice and serve, topping it with homemade whipped cream. Enjoy.
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........wish I was commin' home to this, this evening!!
Oh, wow! See, the bad peaches have led you to an even more luscious galette ;) well done!
Looks so yummy! Don't you hate it when you buy fruit and it turns out bad? What a waste. :(
Love the deep reddish hues of berries of this one! What a homely way to treat your lucky guests!
It looks so beautiful.
Would love to hav ethis at the moment.
I think it came out beautiful as all of your dishes do. The mixed berries was a blessing in disguise; it was probably sweeter and the colors make more of a statement. Fantastic!
Wow I have never made one either, looks delicious!
Very nice! Don't you just love Tj's frozen fruit? And it is very inezpensive.
Using your pastry method, I might even some day work up the courage to make my own. This looks like a wonderful dessert!
I love the rustic galette!! The berries are the perfect filling too!
Pam,
That is beautious.
I love the word galette!
Stacey
I love making galettes because they mimic a pie but without the heartache of difficult pie crust (I have yet to find one I like work with).
Raw. Sugar. Crystals. Picture me with a dreamy smile on my face. I want to snatch that one larger piece of crust in your top photo. I love galette crust, especially when it has raw sugar crystals on it. In fact, I'm quite happy to leave the filling to someone else, and I'll just eat the side and bottom crust because it has RAW SUGAR CRYSTALS on it! YUM!
This is so beautiful! I love the deep color of the berries!
Beautiful. Curious how you cut it though. :)
anudivya,
I just cut it into seven pieces to feed us all. They didn't look pretty but they tasted amazing!
Pam
Pam, I think this look wonderful. A rustic treat for all lucky enough to share it with you. Nice!
Look at all those berries! This looks delicious!
It looks perfectly formed to me!
I forgot to tell you, I made your tostadas tonight for dinner!
your friends are so lucky to have tasted this... berries, cherries, my favorite... a slice of your beautiful galette with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, perfect... :)
Your friends are lucky because you make a lot of great tasting desserts! :) I'm glad you're feeling better and back to cooking and baking!
oh myyy!!! this looks phenomenal! i always melt frozen cherries in the microwave to create a sauce with them and just eat them plain. this must've been 10x better with the other berries as well.
in my humble opinion, this is far superior to peach anything. i'd rather see berries than peaches, so i'm selfishly glad your peaches were no good. :)
I love the colour of the berries, way better than peach!
I love a good, rustic galette. I love sprinkling turbinado sugar over the edges of the crust and eating the sugary yummness! What a treat this was.
Lucky guests...this has such a beautiful color...
OMG...This looks amazing.
That looks good and sound nice an d simple. I can just imagine some melting vanilla ice cream on it...mmm...
We have such an abundance of recipes at the moment that it would be foolish not to try this recipe. Thx for sharing!
My first time here, and am glad to discover your blog - this one is just amazing!
That looks good and sound nice an d simple