blackberry & peach galette with cream cheese crumble.

easy summer treat!

i reluctantly turned on the oven in the middle of the day to make this - which is usually something i’m against during summer months…but sometimes you get an idea and you have to go with it.

or sometimes you have an aging peach that needs to be eaten NOW.

of course a fruit galette has become an easy foolproof summer dessert - but adding a streusel or crumble atop? that seems like a new thing to me.

cream cheeeeeese crumble to be exact.

i love a sweet, savory, tart & sour balance. since theres no sugar added to the fresh fruit, the sugary cream cheese crumble adds just the sweetness and texture that this rustic little pie needs.

galettes are great because they don’t have to be perfect, and they won’t be. it will look like a absolute pile of mess, but taste like a fancy pie.

and if you want to make this even easier, just use pre-rolled store bought pie dough. though i highly recommend making your own.

you could stop here with the raw sugar sprinkled on the crust……

or go hard with the salty sweet cream cheese crumble. mmm mmmm mmmmmmmm.

^ this looks like a wild pile of who knows what. ignore this photo.

burble burble burble.

obviously you can use whatever fruit you like - something that makes sense in a pie - use your best fruit judgment.

i’d say this tastes better cold! or maybe i was just too hot & bothered to thoroughly enjoy when it came out of the oven.

so use that delicious summer fruit, folks, and share a slice with a friend!

Blackberry & Peach Galette with Cream Cheese Crumble

Makes (1) 12-inch Galette

Serves 4-6

Total Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes - Active Time: 30 minutes - Bake Time: 30 minutes

(Crust Recipe from Alison Roman’s ‘Dining In’ Cookbook, “The Only Piecrust” recipe - halved here)

Ingredients:

For the crust:

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling

• 1 tsp. sugar

• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt

• 1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter (10 TB), cut into 1-inch pieces, chilled

• 1/2 TB apple cider vinegar

• 1/8 - 1/4 cup ice water

For the cream cheese crumble:

• 4 oz. cream cheese, chilled

• 1/3 cup flour of choice

• 1/3 cup brown sugar

• 1/4 cup granulated white sugar

• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt

• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

For the filling, etc.:

• 2 ripe peaches, sliced

• 1 cup fresh blackberries, halved if large

• 1/4 of a lemon

• 1 egg + 1 tsp. water (for crust egg wash)

• raw sugar (optional)

Instructions-

Make the dough/crust ahead of time to allow 2 hours to chill, or chill overnight:

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar & salt. Add the chilled butter cubes and toss to coat in the flour mixture, then use your hands to smash the butter between your fingers. Incorporate the butter into the flour mixture until it appears shaggy and flaky.

Combine the vinegar and the ice water and drizzle it over the flour + butter mixture. Run your fingers through the mixture to evenly distribute the water through the flour until the dough starts coming together.

On a lightly floured work surface, knead the combined dough a few times to gather up and incorporate any dry bits. It will not be smooth or shiny. Knead the shaggy mass with your palms a few more times, then pat into a flat disk about 1 inch thick. Wrap the disk with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Make the cream cheese crumble:

Add all ingredients for the crumble in a small bowl and gently combine with forks or your clean fingers to create sugary coated crumbles of cream cheese blobs in various sizes. Chill for 5 minutes if the blobs have softened too much.

Put it all together:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a piece of parchment on a baking sheet and lightly spray with cooking spray.

Roll out chilled galette crust on a lightly floured work surface until it’s about 1/8 inch thick, depending how big/small, thick or thin you’d like your galette to be.

Pile the fresh peaches and blackberries in the center of the rolled out dough, leaving a thick 2-3 inch border. Fold the edges over, just to contain the fruit like a pocket, leaving the fruit in the center exposed still.

Brush the crust liberally with egg wash and sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake for 10 minutes.

Remove from oven and squeeze lemon all over the hot fruit, which should be soft and bubbly. Cover the entire galette with the cream cheese & sugar crumbles, gently pressing as much as you can into the edge of the crust. Return to oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.

Remove from oven and let cool until slightly firm, then lift the galette on the parchment to cool on top of a cooling rack.

Slice and serve a la carte, or with ice cream. Store in the fridge. This is a great cold treat, too!

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apple, cheddar, broccolini & shallot galette.

i’m back with a deeeelicious recipe that i made back in october and was soo excited to share it then. but, i ran off and got married and went on some fun trips and have just been all around holiday season preoccupied!

but hot damn this is the little galette that could. i wish i had made two, because pete and i totally woofed this down for dinner that day.

i love all the flavors and textures going on - soft (but crisp!) juicy apples, melty sharp cheddar, hearty broccolini bits, tangy shallots all on the most flaky, buttery, tasty crust.

this pie crust/galette dough recipe reigns from kitchen queen alison roman’s cookbook, dining in.

when i saw “the only piecrust” as the title of her crust recipe i was like welp. look at that confidence. i trust this bish. and then the fact that it has apple cider vinegar quickly convinced me to use it for this apple galette that i had in mind.

fast forward to the end of october, i was in new york city with my friend whitney (again!), and we were enjoying the best pizza & wine at rubirosa on the lower east side. then in walks the alison roman herself. she was standing at the host station and we were at the bar, which are somehow right next to each other - she was in an arm’s reach of me on 2 glasses of red wine…………. aka the danger zone.

i had JUST made her piecrust recipe earlier that week and pete and i had been going nuts over it. so in classic quinn word vomit fashion, i tapped her on the shoulder and told her “HEY I LOVE YOUR PIECRUST.” lol.

somehow this did not alarm her in any way - she’s very recognizable and her cookbook has been the jam for the last year. i went on to tell her i made it that week and used it for a galette. she was very sweet and appreciative that i made her recipe and loved it!

loved it so much i just had to be a bugaboo in a restaurant about it. oh wellz. these are the days we’re living in, i guess. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ok to go up to a complete stranger and profess your love for their piecrust. the internet is weird.

so anyway holy moses this galette combination is so so so good.

and it’s really so simple. don’t be alarmed by the long prep time - it’s just that the dough needs to chill a couple hours before you roll it out and bake it.

galettes are so freaking versatile, but peter & i both loved this version that feels very fall/winter. also, apples & cheese and broccoli & cheese are just classic combos - put it all together with those zingy shallots on top and yum yum YUM.

also, galettes are supposed to be rustic. don’t fret about making them look perfect AT ALL. it is like pie’s lazy sista. the messy top bun of baked goods, if you will.

i have to rave one more time about alison’s pie crust recipe. i have made lots of versions of basic pie crusts from scratch - and this one is just as easy, but i think its all the ratios and the apple cider vinegar that sets it apart.

pleeeease try it!

i think i should arm our fridge with stacks of chilled-ahead disks of galette crust at the ready because once you make one, your brain will race with all the other combinations you can make.

sweet, savory, or sweet + savory!

galettes are also a great vehicle for clean-out-the-fridge/pantry days. random-potato here, rogue-onion there, gotta-use-that-peach here, getting-sad mushrooms there. not to mention cheeses that are lingering in your cheese drawer!

i dare you to just throw whatever’s in your fridge/pantry on this crust and not like it.

also have you even SEEN all the sweet galette recipe ideas topped with ice cream?? yeah.

Apple, Cheddar, Broccolini & Shallot Galette

Makes 1 Galette (Crust Recipe from Alison Roman’s ‘Dining In’ Cookbook, “The Only Piecrust” recipe - halved here)

Active Time: 25 minutes, Chill Time: 2 hours, Bake Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours (you can make dough in advance and refrigerate)

Ingredients:

For the crust:

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling

• 1 tsp. sugar

• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt

• 1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter (10 TB), cut into 1-inch pieces, chilled

• 1/2 TB apple cider vinegar

• 1/8 - 1/4 cup ice water

For the toppings:

• 1 large Fuji or Honeycrisp apple, cored & sliced thinly (I used more than half the apple)

• 1 heaping cup freshly shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese

• a few small heads of broccolini, cut into bite-sized florets

• 1 small shallot, sliced thinly

• 1 egg + 2 tsp. water, for crust eggwash

Instructions-

Make the dough/crust ahead of time to allow a couple hours to chill, or chill overnight:

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar & salt. Add the chilled butter cubes and toss to coat in the flour mixture, then use your hands to smash the butter between your fingers. Incorporate the butter into the flour mixture until it appears shaggy and flaky.

Combine the vinegar and the ice water and drizzle it over the flour + butter mixture. Run your fingers through the mixture to evenly distribute the water through the flour until the dough starts coming together.

On a lightly floured work surface, knead the combined dough a few times to gather up and incorporate any dry bits. It will not be smooth or shiny. Knead the shaggy mass with your palms a few more times, then pat into a flat disk about 1 inch thick. Wrap the disk with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Put it all together:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a piece of parchment on a baking sheet and lightly spray with cooking spray.

Roll out chilled galette crust on a lightly floured work surface until it’s about 1/8 inch thick, depending how big/small, thick or thin you’d like your galette to be.

Grate the cheddar cheese, slice the apple, cut up the broccolini and slice the shallot. In a small bowl, whisk one egg and add 2 tsp. water and whisk again. Set aside for egg wash.

Leaving about 2 inches around the edges of the galette crust so you can fold it over, add your toppings to the center of the dough. Start with sharp cheddar cheese, layers of thin apple slices, another layer of cheese, broccolini florets, and shallot slivers.

Gently fold over the edges of the galette inward. This step does not have to look perfect - just create a pocket to hold all the toppings in.

Using the prepared egg wash, brush the external crust edges until they’re evenly coated in the wash. Discard remaining egg wash. Top with another layer of sharp cheddar cheese all over and transfer the galette to the prepared parchment on the baking sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees F for about 25-30 minutes, until cheese is lightly browned and bubbly. Remove from oven and let cool a few minutes. Use a large knife to cut into triangles.

Serve immediately or same-day! This is a great appetizer for a gathering or dinner party.

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