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Apple Maple Galette

Ingredients

For the crust

  • 1 1/2 cups pastry flour, you may use all purpose
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup cold butter; cubed
  • 1/4 cup very cold water

For the filling

  • 4 medium apples, peeled, cored, sliced and cut in half
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 teaspoons flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup

Instructions

For the crust

  • Whisk flour, sugar, and salt together in a medium bowl.  
  • Using a pastry cutter or two butter knives, cut in butter until the size of large grains of sand. 
  • Add half of the water and flake with a fork until flour mixture starts coming together. Add a little more water and mush together with your hands just until combined and you can bring into a ball. Do not over handle your dough. 
  • Turn on a floured board, shape into a ball and flatten into a disk.  
  • Cover disk completely in flour. Place dough in the refrigerator.  
  • Preheat oven to 390° 

For the filling

  • Combine apples, sugar, and flour and stir until evenly covered. 
  • Add nutmeg, cinnamon, and maple syrup and stir until combined. 

To assemble galette

  • Remove dough from refrigerator and turn on a floured board. Roll the dough out to about 1/8 inch thick. 
  • Fold dough in half and transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. 
  • Lay apples in rows one slice slightly on top of the other in the center of the dough leaving 2-3 inch border.  You can also slowly pour apple filling into the center of the dough.
  • Carefully fold the edges over the filling. Brush crust with egg white.
  • Bake galette for 35 - 40 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for five minutes. 
  • Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.