The best cherry galette
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The best cherry galette
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This is a very delicious cherry galette made with fresh cherries and an easy sour cream flaky pastry.
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Ingredients
Pastry:
- 160 gms flour
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 1 tsp caster sugar or granulated
- 115 gms cold butter cut into small cubes
- ¼ cup full-fat sour cream
Filling:
- 3 slightly heaped cups of fresh cherries pips removed
- 3 Tbsp cornflour starch
- 1/3 cup sugar plus 2 Tbsp
- Pinch of salt
- Finely grated zest and juice from 1 lemon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Beaten egg to brush the pastry + an extra sprinkle of sugar
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Instructions
- Make the dough in advance. I did it the night before. It needs at least 2 hours to rest in the fridge.
- Whisk the flour, salt and sugar together in a bowl until well combined. Take the butter out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes to soften slightly (if it is very hard).
- Using your fingers lightly work the butter into the dry ingredients until it's starting to clump together. Add the sour cream and mix until you have a dough. If it is too wet, add a sprinkle of flour and if it’s too dry, add a dash more sour cream.
- Bring the dough together on lightly floured surfaces making sure you don’t overwork it. Flatten it with your hands to make a disc about 2cm thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
- To make the filling, place all the ingredients (except the egg) into a bowl and stir to coat.
- When you are ready to make the galette, take the dough out of the fridge and place it on a surface that has been lightly dusted with flour.
- Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F
- When the dough has softened a little roll it out evenly into a large circle about 30cm in diameter. Gentle lift this over your rolling pin and place it on a large baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Pile the fruit in the middle of the galette so that it has a wide rim and mound it up. Fold the edges into the middle and overlap the dough where necessary, this does not have to be perfect. Brush the edges with egg was and lightly sprinkle sugar over this.
- Bake for 40 – 45 minutes and until golden brown and the fruit bubbling. Loosely cover the galette with foil from about 10 minutes into the baking time to prevent over-browning.
- Serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream
Notes
- Pit the cherries in advance to save time.
- Once baked, store the galette in a sealed container for up to 3 days.
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