Apple Galette
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: French
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Serves: 6
 
A rustic French apple galette - simple and delicious dessert that'll make your house smell amazing!
Ingredients
  • 2 large apples of your choice (Granny Smith works well), cleaned well
  • 1 stick of cold unsalted butter, separated into 6 tablespoons and 2 tablespoons
  • 5 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 cup of flour, plus more for your work surface
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
  1. We'll start with the dough as it needs to chill for 2 hours. Begin by combining 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 cup of flour, and ½ teaspoon of salt in a mixing bowl.
  2. Add in the 6 tablespoons of cold butter in chunks and work it into the flour mixture with your fingers until it's vaguely combined. You should be left with small pea-sized chunks of butter and a coarse flour mixture.
  3. Beat 1 egg in a bowl, pour it into your flour mixture and combine with a fork. You want it to just barely come together into a dough.
  4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead it until it becomes smooth - without overworking it.
  5. Form the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
  6. When you're ready to make the galette, preheat your oven to 375 F and prepare your ingredients.
  7. Slice your apples in thin, uniform slices about ⅛ inch thick.
  8. Melt the additional 2 tablespoons of butter and set aside ready with a brush.
  9. Mix the 4 tablespoons of sugar with ½ teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and set aside ready to sprinkle.
  10. Roll out your dough to about ⅛ inch thickness into a generally squoval-ly shape (rectangle, oval, square-ish). Don't fret if it doesn't look perfect.
  11. Transfer your dough to a baking sheet lined with either parchment paper or foil.
  12. Arrange the apple slices on the dough, leaving about an inch of space around the edges. Make a pretty pattern if you like or just plop your apples in. It'll taste delicious either way.
  13. Brush your apples with the butter and sprinkle with about ⅔ of the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  14. Fold the edges of the dough over the apples and crimp roughly where necessary.
  15. Beat your other egg and brush the dough with the egg, then sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  16. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the apples look juicy.
Recipe by Ahu Eats at https://www.ahueats.com/2014/12/apple-galette.html