This is adapted from the Apple Galette served at Chez Panisse. It’s the perfect sweet end to a fall meal and it’s pretty easy to put together (especially if you already have pastry dough in the freezer/frig). It makes you feel like you had dessert but isn’t heavy at all, unless you put ice cream on it like I did.
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Ingredients
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- Crust
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 t sugar
- 1/4 t salt
- 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2” pieces
- 7 T ice water
- Frangipane
- 1/3 C almond paste
- 2 t sugar
- 2 T unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 T flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 t Cointreau – the recipe calls for Kirsch, but I didn’t have any
- 1 pinch salt
- Filling:
- 2 1/2 lbs of apples, quartered, peeled and cored
- 2 T unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1 1/2 t cinnamon
Instructions
- Crust:
- Combine the flour, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl
- Cut 4 T of butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender, mixing until the dough resembles coarse cornmeal
- Cut in the remaining 8 T just until the biggest pieces of butter are the size of large peas
- Dribble the ice water into the flour mixture a little at a time, stirring after each addition until the dough just holds together
- Divide the dough in half, form into two balls and cover with plastic wrap
- Refrigerate 1/2 and freeze the other for another time
- After 30 minutes or so, roll the dough out into a 14 inch circle
- Transfer the dough to a parchment paper lined baking sheet and refrigerate until ready to bake (at least 1/2 hour)
- Frangipane:
- Blend together the almond paste and sugar
- Beat in the butter
- Mix in the flour, egg, Cointreau and salt
- Beat until fluffy
- Spread the frangipane on the dough, leaving a 1 inch border around the edge
- Arrange the apple slices on the dough
- Turn the sides up all around the galette, pinching as you go
- Brush the dough and apples with melted butter
- Mix the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top
- Bake about 45 minutes, or until the crust browns and the apples carmelize a bit
You might want to have a ball of dough in the freezer and apples in the refrigerator during the holidays so you can wow unexpected guests with your crazy good kitchen skills. If you decide to do this, let me know and I’ll plan on being one of your unexpected guests!
Apple Galette
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