6.08.2010

Gourmet's Apricot Galette

There's nothing simpler than making a galette. Savory or sweet, puff pastry or pie pastry, they're a delight to the eyes and a treat for the palate. I love the country look of an apple galette made with pie pastry and the elegance of a fruit galette made with puff pastry. Both are a snap to do now that we have both frozen puff pastry and packaged pie dough. Although I must be honest and say I usually make my own pie pastry, there is nothing wrong with using the packaged variety when you're in a hurry or don't want to waste the time indoors on a beautiful  summer day.

I made some individual galettes for a friend last week with Rainier cherries and others with black cherries using Cannelle-Vanille's recipe and her delicious sugar dough.  I made a banana galette too, because I had some dough left over AND some ripe bananas on the counter. My grandmother used to make these (but she never called them by the fancy French name of galette) when she had leftover dough from a pie. I just sprinkled a little sugar and cinnamon on the bananas like she did. That brought back some sweet memories. Kids love these little "leftover" banana gems. They can pick them up like a cookie and eat them outside.
 


So, when I had some lovely apricots left over from my apricot sorbet, I made Gourmet's Apricot Galette with frozen puff pastry. With a dollop of sweetened whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream, it's the perfect summer dessert.

Apricot Galette

Gourmet Magazine, June 1999


Ingredients:
1/4 cup sliced, toasted almonds
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
6 fresh apricots (preferably underripe and very tart)
half a 17 1/4-ounce package frozen puff pastry sheets (1 sheet), thawed overnight in fridge
4 tablespoons granulated sugar

Method:
Preheat oven to 425°F.
In a food processor pulse almonds with confectioners' sugar until finely ground.
Halve and pit apricots and cut into 1/8-inch-thick wedges.
On a lightly floured surface unfold pastry sheet and cut out a 9-inch round. Transfer round to a baking pan lined with parchment paper and prick pastry all over with a fork. Spoon almond mixture evenly over pastry, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Decoratively arrange apricot wedges, overlapping them, on top of almond mixture and sprinkle with granulated sugar.

Bake galette in middle of oven until edges are golden brown, about 30 minutes. With a spatula transfer galette to a rack to cool.
Serve with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream.


Serves 6-8

68 comments:

  1. I never make my own dough, but I always have some in the freezer! I love these! I think I like the idea of making some mini ones!

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  2. These looks great! My grandma called them "free form pies" Yours have such a beautiful rustic look to them.

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  3. I had some rhubarb from my Vermont weekend and just made pie... so I'll have to wait on more.. but then... the apricot looks so darn good! Love the story of your gram... a little pie for an enthusiastic fan is a lovely treat, Barbara. Now if I can just be brave enough to tackle puff pastry again since my last effort failed miserably. I have a new recipe with a little lard in it (1905 recipe) that I am dying to try!

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  4. Hmmm..mm... those galettes look so scrumptious! I love all the flavours.... truly mouthwatering! Guess, these are all fantastic summer bakes ever. Love it! Hope you're having a lovely day!
    Cheers, Kristy

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  5. I love galettes, both the puff pastry and the pie pastry kinds. You bite into them and they are like little parcels of fruit heaven. What is not to love? This apricot filling sounds delicious.

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  6. How beautiful! Apricot sounds wonderful.

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  7. Ohhhh I want some right now! Apricot first please :)

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  8. Yum, they all look so tasty Barbara. Enjoy the sunshine!

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  9. Your galette is so pretty, Barbara. I would imagine the apricots became sweet upon heating too-I would think so at least...
    Oh, and I love your grandmother's way of using dough and bananas. I would never think to put a soft fruit like banana in something like this, but it does look so tempting in the photo.

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  10. They all look fantastic! but that apricot, looks divine!

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  11. Beautiful. Reminds me very much of the apple gallette I had at Bibendum. I am now inspired even more to recreate it at home.
    *kisses* HH

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  12. I'll take a mini galette and a slice of the large apricot, thank you! I love the way you assembled the apricots.

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  13. What a lovely idea! I have lots of bananas in the freezer. The Knight and Gretchen would love some wrapped in dough...

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  14. Another fantastic-sounding apricot recipe! You are on an apricot roll! Your individual galettes look so delicious. I'm waiting for the Rainier cherries to go on sale here. They're still almost $8 a pound!

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  15. Apricot is rare but precious and delicious..
    lovely dessert!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  16. Wonderful dessert. Lovely!

    Cheers!

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  17. I can almost taste the sweetness of the apricot and the lovely texture of the puff pastry. This galette turned out stunningly beautiful.

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  18. I made the puff pastry tarts with apricots last week as well, they were so yummy! I like your addition of almonds! The mini galettes look scrumptious!

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  19. Alright...you're the 3rd person who has been teasing me with wonderful desserts made with apricots.
    Well...we don't have any ;( now what?
    Your puffy galette looks so delicious. I so do wish we'd all have real life access to all our great concoctions in the kitchen!

    BTW Barbara...when you a chance...there's a little something on my APPRECIATION page for you ;o)

    Ciao for now and flavourful wishes, Claudia

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  20. Oh Barbara this looks fabulous, a perfect summer dessert!

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  21. You've been making a lot of delicious galettes! I love the idea of using banana. My grandmother used to put banana slices on top of apple pies when she had extra bananas. I'll have to try them in a galette.

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  22. Beautiful! My mom used to make me a small apple pie whenever she baked a larger one, not very many apples and lots of cinnamon and sugar. Thanks for the great childhood memory.

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  23. Gorgeous. What a great recipe! *Sigh* I miss Gourmet. Luckily we can still use their fabulous recipes. This looks amazing.

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  24. What a creative way to use the extra dough. Thanks for sharing!

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  25. Oh! The galettes look so yummie...love it with almonds on top :-)

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  26. I love this gallete dear Barbara look georgeous and I love apricots, x gloria

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  27. I love galettes too. They're so delicious and so much more rustic and care-free then their pie-shelled cousins. I've never made one with puff pasty but that sounds delicious. Your apricot galette looks beautiful.

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  28. Wonderful desserts, Barbara. Your apricot galette is picture perfect.

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  29. Galettes are my kind of dessert for summer; simple and beautiful to look at. The rustic touch is charming and your apricot galette is truly stunning - great work!

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  30. A galette is a topless pie, so I'm sure I would adore it.

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  31. Beautiful pictures, I adore apricots or peaches, and almond. The recipes on your blog are always fabulous, Barbara!

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  32. Beautful, lots of flavour from the in season apricots and rustic with little fuss in the kitchen. A great offering.

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  33. These are the second galettes I've seen today! It must be a sign... I love that you made individual ones - so cute! And with apricots - divine!

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  34. Banana, huh? What a nice little treat.

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  35. wow looks amazing can I have a slice?

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  36. I've been wanting to make a galette for some time now. The apricot is gorgeous!

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  37. What a lovely galette! I love galettes and I love apricots!

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  38. This just scream summer to me. When I was growing up we had a lot of fruit trees and my mom made open face pies for us as a little treat.
    Mimi

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  39. this may be the most elegant galette i've ever seen--nothing rustic about it! i think a banana galette sounds pretty tasty too, and that's a version i've never seen. grandmas know best, am i right? :)

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  40. If that's rustic, I hate to think what my poor, battered version would look like! Beautiful!

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  41. Barbara, This looks delicious and sounds so easy.
    I love the idea of the little pocket banana gems. YUM!
    Pam

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  42. Barbara, what lovely galettes. They look like they came from a French patisserie.
    Sam

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  43. I call these free form pies and they are so easy to make. I have never used apricots so now I must try this lovely recipe.

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  44. You've inspired me to make a galette! I've never made one, but I've spotted so many delicious-looking recipes. Yum!

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  45. Everyone is talking about gallettes - I've really got to try this out! looks delicious.

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  46. I am a big fan of apricots! That galette looks so droolworthy!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  47. Gorgeous galette, Barbara. Now that I think of it, my mom also used to make us something similar to galette with leftover dough! She would slice up apples and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar...delicious!

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  48. WOW!! You totally hit this one out of the park!! Great job!

    Blessings-
    Amanda

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  49. What an absolutely gorgeous dessert. How lovely it looks, and ice cream on top, you are right, would be perfect!

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  50. Gorgeous. I love apricots and plums and galettes.....that wedge looks heavenly.

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  51. Lovely Barbara, simply lovely. I know you say anyone should be able to make such a thing of beauty but I sure wish you would reconsider, I am so baking challenged (If I get up enough nerve, I may post about my latest any day)

    I will never be able to create something so tempting, Thank goodness, I can drop by your place whenever necessary:)

    Thanks for sharing...

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  52. The Babies do love crinkly toys.

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  53. Hi Barbara,

    I normally make my own short pastry but never puff pastry, that always seems to be too much work.
    I love your galettes and how neat that you have all the lovely summer fruits like cherries and apricots. Yumm!

    Enjoy the rest of the week
    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  54. Ohhh wow, look at the color on that thing! The juices and the glazing and the ...oh oh ohhhhhh. I have some bananas ripening on the counter as we speak. Boy, my kids love it whenever I come visit your blog!

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  55. I adore apricots, so this tart has my name all over it. It sounds delicious and looks gorgeous, Barbara. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  56. Oh my!this looks absolutely incredible!!!!

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  57. What a perfect looking galette Barbara! :D I know what you mean, I always have some bought pastry in the freezer but I like to make my own if I have the time :)

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  58. Your galette looks lovely. You are inspring me to bake this weekend. Perhaps i will start with this recipe.

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  59. I have to admit, I didn't ever make galettes because I thought free-form tarts would be ugly. I like symmetrical shapes and nice patterns. But I was wrong! Galettes can be SO beautiful in its own rustic way that is even more appealing than a neat tart!

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  60. wow,that is just mouth-watering!

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  61. Oh my my... never made galette before and you opened my appetite to try them!!!

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  62. Could you make a berry galette or would the juice leak everywhere?

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  63. My hubby loves apricot pie and your inspiring me to make him this. I kind of benefit too! ;) It's lovely.

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  64. I don't know why I haven't made a galette yet, especially since it's the perfect summer dessert. Love all your different versions.

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  65. Oh Barbara...This is VERY well made....It seems to have come out of a Parisian pâtisserie...
    Congratulations !!!

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  66. Thanks for the recommendation on the sugar dough. I adore galettes for their simplicity and they are always a crowd pleaser.

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  67. I have plans to make a galettre for the family barbecue. It is peach or apricot but I was thinking of changing it to strawberry and blueberry because I have those, in abundance. After seeing yours, I may just go back to apricot or peach. Sounds good and looks good.

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