pandemic apple galette
What else is there to do while hiding from COVID-19 than bake? I mixed together a few recipes and am really pleased with the outcome. I only had 1 apple, but if you have more you can just make more filling!
Crust:
1 ¼ c. flour
½ t. sugar
½ t. salt
1 stick unsalted butter, cubed
3-6 T. ice cold water
Filling:
1 Granny Smith apple
1 T. unsalted butter
1 T. granulated sugar
1 T. brown sugar
½ t. cinnamon
¼ t. cardamom
1/8 t. nutmeg
¼ t. salt
Crumble Topping:
1 T. butter, softened
2 T. flour
1 t. brown sugar
Egg Wash:
1 egg
1 T. milk
1 t. granulated sugar
Whipped Cream:
1/3 c. heavy whipping cream
1. Add flour, sugar, salt to food processor, pulse to combine.
2. Add butter and pulse until the mixture is coarsely crumbly, some bigger pieces of butter are ok.
3. Add a few tablespoons of water and pulse, continue to add water until the dough comes together.
4. Make a loose ball with the dough and put into plastic wrap, roll out the dough a bit and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
5. Peel and dice apple, in a skillet melt butter over medium heat, add apples and remaining filling ingredients and cook 4-6 minutes until the sugars have dissolved and apples have started to soften. Do not cook all the liquid out of the pan.
6. Roll out dough onto floured parchment paper until 1/4” thick. Add apples to the middle of the pastry, there will still be syrupy liquid, leave this in the skillet. Fold the pastry to the filling, leaving an opening in the middle where the filling is visible. This is supposed to look rustic!
7. Mix ingredients of the crumb topping with your fingers and add over the exposed filling.
8. Whisk egg wash ingredients together and brush the top of the pastry.
9. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
10. Whisk heavy cream in a metal bowl with a metal whisk that have been chilling in the freezer until you get medium peaks.
11. Cook the liquid in the skillet over low heat, stirring often, until a caramel sauce forms.
12. Serve a slice of galette with a scoop of whipped cream and a drizzle of the caramel. And if you’re really fancy add a mint leaf!