**Galettes Sucrées: A Journey Through Sweet French Pastries**
Indulge your sweet tooth with the delightful world of galettes sucrées, a collection of enchanting French pastries that capture the essence of culinary artistry. These delectable treats, originating from the heart of Brittany, have captivated taste buds for centuries with their rustic charm and symphony of flavors. Embark on a culinary adventure as we unveil the secrets behind these sugary wonders, exploring their unique characteristics and the diverse recipes that bring them to life. From the classic galette bretonne, with its caramelized crust and tender buckwheat filling, to the irresistible galette des rois, adorned with a golden crown and a hidden almond surprise, each recipe holds a special place in the tapestry of French pastry. Let us guide you through the steps of creating these sweet masterpieces, transforming your kitchen into a patisserie and your taste buds into fervent admirers of French culinary heritage.
GALETTES SUCREES
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h5m
Yield 30 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a cookie sheet.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat 3 of the eggs with the sugar. Add the oil, flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon, then fold in the chopped nuts and fruit. Turn the dough out onto a floured board. Divide the dough into 2 pieces and form each piece into a roll about 14 inches long and 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide.
- Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, leaving 1-inch between them. Beat the remaining egg and brush it over the dough. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for 20 minutes on the middle rack.
- Let the rolls cool for 5 minutes. Using a serrated knife, slice each roll into 3/4-inch pieces. Place the slices, cut side up, on the cookie sheet and return them to the oven for 15 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown.
SEFROU APRICOT (GALETTES SUCREES)
Call them galettes sucrees, mandelbrot, or biscotti - I love these Moroccan cookies, made by Rosette Toledano of Netanya, who, as her daughter says, "puts her heart in her cooking."
Provided by Joan Nathan
Yield Makes about 30 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350° and grease a cookie sheet.
- 2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat 3 of the eggs with the sugar. Add the oil, flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, then fold in the chopped nuts and fruit.
- 3. Turn the dough out onto a floured board. Divide the dough into 2 pieces and form each piece into a roll about 14 inches long and 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide. Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, leaving an inch between them.
- 4. Beat the remaining egg and brush it over the dough. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- 5. Bake for 20 minutes on the middle rack. Let the rolls cool for 5 minutes. Using a serrated knife, slice each roll into 3/4-inch pieces. Lace the slices, cut side up, on the cookie sheet and return them to the oven for 15 more minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown.
GRAPE GALETTE WITH ALMOND CREAM
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h10m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make the crust: Pulse the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor. Add half of the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse meal. Add the remaining butter and pulse into pea-size pieces. Add 1/4 cup ice water and pulse until the dough clumps together but has not yet formed a ball. Turn out the dough onto a piece of plastic wrap; press into a disk and wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Meanwhile, make the filling: Pulse 1/2 cup almonds, 1/4 cup sugar, the egg yolk, butter, vanilla and lemon zest in a food processor to make a paste.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out the dough into a 12-inch round on a lightly floured surface. Transfer the dough to the prepared baking sheet. Spread the almond filling over the dough, leaving a 2 1/2-inch border; top with the grapes. Fold the edge of the dough over the fruit by about 2 inches, pleating as needed. Refrigerate until firm, 30 minutes.
- Lightly beat the egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water. Brush the dough with the egg wash. Scatter the remaining 2 tablespoons almonds all over the galette, then sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake until the crust is golden brown and the grapes are softened, about 40 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet.
GALETTE DOUGH
Galettes - rustic tarts - are quick and easy to prepare. A fine host to sweet or savory ingredients, this dough is foolproof and can be made several days ahead and refrigerated or frozen. Top savory galettes with just about anything you'd top a pizza with. Dessert galettes need not be complicated - think fruit pie fillings - lightly sweetened sliced apples and pears, halved figs with huckleberries, and strawberry rhubarb are some of my favorite combinations. Galettes can be served warm but are best served at room temperature.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Yield Two 8-inch galettes
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Tips before getting started: The ice water must have ice in it. The butter must be cut into small pieces.
- To make the dough: Stir the yogurt and the ice water (strained of ice) together in a small bowl and set aside.
- Put the flour, cornmeal, sugar and salt in a large bowl, tossing them once or twice.
- Work the butter into the flour mixture aiming for pieces that range in size from bread crumbs to small peas. The smaller pieces will make the dough tender, the larger ones will make it flaky.
- Sprinkle the yogurt/water mixture over the dough, one tablespoon at a time.
- With your hands, gather the curds of dough together. The dough will be soft. Do not overwork the dough. Divide the dough in half and shape into a disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least two hours or freeze up to one month.
- To bake:
- Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Put dough on a lightly floured work surface and roll in into an 8 - inch circle about 1/8th inch thick. If it's sticky, throw a little extra flour on it, your hands and the rolling pin. Transfer dough to baking sheet.
- Top with any combination of sweet or savory ingredients. Leave a 2-3 inch border un-topped. Fold uncovered border of dough up over the filling, allowing the dough to pleat as you work your way around the galette. The dough will "pleat" and fall naturally. Let it.
- If you're preparing a sweet or dessert galette, brush the crust with an egg wash and sprinkle with sugar just before baking.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until pastry is golden and fruits are bubbly. Transfer baking sheet to a cooling rack and let stand ten minutes or so. Slide galette on to a serving dish. Serve warm or room temperature.
GALETTES COMPLèTES (BUCKWHEAT CREPES)
If you can make pancakes for breakfast, you can certainly make crepes for dinner. These savory ones from Brittany - which use buckwheat flour and are filled with Gruyère cheese, ham and egg - are nutty, earthy and incredibly satisfying any time of day. Loosen the batter, if needed, using beer, water or hard cider; it all works equally well. Once you get the hang of the tilt and swirl, you can have your family fed in minutes, and unlike those nerve-shredded times when you brightly declare "It's breakfast for dinner, kids!" - which children everywhere know is a sign that something is wrong for Mom - this is one instance where you can announce it, and mean it: Everything is actually alright. Galettes complètes are meant to be a meal.
Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton
Categories brunch, dinner, lunch, snack, one pot, main course
Time 8h30m
Yield 6 crepes
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large bowl, whisk 3 eggs with 1 cup water until frothy and uniform. Sift in buckwheat flour, and whisk until as smooth as a new can of paint. Season with salt and whisk to combine. Cover batter and refrigerate overnight (at least 8 hours, or up to 24 hours).
- Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-low. Ladle in 1/4 cup of batter, then quickly tilt the pan in a clockwise motion to swirl the batter all the way to the edges into a perfectly round, very thin pancake. The batter should disperse quickly; if it is too thick - and doesn't swiftly radiate to cover the width of the pan - you'll need to stir a few extra tablespoons of water into the batter and try again with a second crepe. Expect to lose the first two or three crepes as you get used to the swirling motion, the amount of batter to add and the hotness of the pan. When all three factors align, you can make six savory crepes in about as many minutes.
- When you feel you have the hang of it and are ready to go live, ladle in 1/4 cup batter, swirl and allow crepe to set for just 10 seconds. Crack an egg in the center, and use the back of a spoon or a small rubber spatula to spread the egg white, which will allow the egg to cook evenly in the amount of time it will take the cheese to melt and the galette to crisp. Sprinkle about 1/3 cup Gruyère across the surface, then tear 2 or 3 pieces of ham and set them flat on top, surrounding the egg yolk.
- Allow the crepe to crisp up and brown on the bottom while the egg cooks sunny side up, and the ham warms through, 3 to 4 minutes. In Brittany, these are cooked on a large, round cast-iron griddle, and the four sides of the galette are folded in to become a large square before being slid onto a plate. This is harder to do in a slope-sided pan, but try it if it suits you - you'll want to fold the sides about 1 minute before the egg is done cooking. Otherwise, an open round is just fine. Slide it onto a plate, and repeat with remaining galettes.
- Season with salt and pepper. Drink with hard cider, not too cold.
PATE SUCREE FOR PIES AND GALETTES
Pate sucree forms the basis of many pies and galettes. This recipe for pate sucree comes from the "Living" television show. Use this recipe to make Plum Galette.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Cuisine-Inspired Recipes French Recipes
Yield Makes two 8- to 10-inch tarts or single-crust pies
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In the bowl of a food processor, add flour, sugar, and salt. Add butter and process for approximately 10 seconds, or just until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. To mix by hand, combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry blender or two table knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- With the machine running, add ice water, drop by drop and slowly add egg yolks, until the dough just holds together without being wet or sticky; about 30 seconds. Test the dough at this point by squeezing a small amount together. If it is too crumbly, add a bit more water.
- Turn dough out onto a large piece of plastic wrap. Grasping the ends of the plastic wrap with your hands, press dough into a flat circle with your fists. Wrap dough in the plastic and chill for at least an hour.
Tips for Making Galettes Sucrées:
- Use high-quality ingredients: Fresh, flavorful ingredients will make a big difference in the taste of your galette.
- Don't overwork the dough: Overworking the dough will make it tough. Mix it just until it comes together, then let it rest for at least 30 minutes before rolling it out.
- Roll the dough out evenly: A galette with an evenly rolled-out dough will cook more evenly.
- Use a variety of fillings: Galettes sucrées can be filled with a variety of fruits, nuts, and cheeses. Be creative and experiment with different combinations.
- Bake the galette until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbling: A well-baked galette will have a crispy crust and a gooey, flavorful filling.
Conclusion:
Galettes sucrées are a delicious and versatile pastry that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dessert. With a little planning and effort, you can make a galette that will impress your family and friends. Try one of the recipes from this article, and see for yourself how easy it is to make a delicious galette sucrée.
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