Sweet Cherry Galette
Jan 18, 2025 01:25 PM
This rustic galette has a buttery, flaky, crisp crust surrounding plump, juicy fresh cherries. A hint of lemon, almond, and brown sugar brings out the season’s best flavors in this Sweet Cherry Galette. Use an all-butter pastry, or go dairy free with a vegan pastry. This recipe is vegetarian and easily vegan.
We made a lot of galettes when I was in Pastry School, especially during stone fruit season. A galette (aka crostata) is much simpler to pull together than a traditional pie because its shape is free-form. Making a galette requires no cutting, crimping, par-baking, and/or latticing. Simply roll out the dough, fill it, fold it, chill it, egg-wash the crust, sprinkle with sugar, then bake.
In this recipe, plump, sweet cherries are macerated in brown sugar with a bit of lemon zest, juice, almond extract, and cornstarch to thicken, then wrapped in a rich, buttery, flaky pastry.
Galettes are a perfect way to ease into pastry if it seems daunting. Or if one is feeling a little lazy (wink). Craggy edges are encouraged!
Ingredients:
For the Pastry (makes one disk, 11-12 oz / 311g -340g)
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) Unsalted Butter one stick, refrigerated
- 3 tablespoons Milk plant or dairy
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 1/4 cups (190 grams) All Purpose Flour + more for dusting
- 1 tablespoon Cane Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Fine Sea Salt
For the Cherry Filling
- 3 1/2 cups (1 pound / 500 grams) Fresh Bing Cherries
- 1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons (90 grams) Light Brown Sugar packed
- 3 tablespoons Cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon Almond Extract
- 1 Lemon zested
- 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
- 1/4 tsp Fine Sea Salt
To Finish the Galette
- 1 Egg or use milk (plant or dairy)
- 1-2 Tbs Turbinado Sugar
Prep Time:
40 minutes
Cook Time:
50 minutes
Total Time:
90 minutes
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