Apple Cheddar Galette
Makes 1 tart
Equipment
- Large Bowl
- Whisk
- Plastic wrap
- Baking sheets
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour plus more for dusting
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 stick 4 oz unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 2 oz sharp cheddar cheese grated (about 1/2 cup), plus more for garnishing the crust
- 2 tsp fresh thyme
- 4-5 Tbsp ice cold water
Filling
- 3 honey crisp apples thinly sliced
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp butter cubed
To bake
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp water
- Demerara sugar
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
Instructions
- Begin by preparing the crust. In a large bowl whisk flour, sugar, and salt until combined. Add in cold butter and toss to coat the cubes in flour.
- Using your hands, fork, or pastry cutter, cut the cold butter into the flour mixture, until the butter is about the size of peas.
- Stir in cheese and thyme.
- Add cold water a few tablespoons at a time, gently mixing after adding. The amount of water needed will vary depending on climate, flour, etc. The dough should look shaggy, but stick together when pressed with your hands.
- Transfer shaggy dough to a sheet of plastic wrap, and use the plastic wrap to press dough into a ball. Flatten into a round disk. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- On a floured a surface, roll out dough into a 15 inch circle. Transfer dough to a lined baking sheet.
- Arrange sliced apples in desired pattern, leaving about a 2 inch border of dough. Apples can be overlapping.
- Sprinkle apples all over with sugar and cinnamon. Dot the top with the cubed butter.
- Fold the edges of the crust up over the apples. Whisk egg and water in a small bowl until homogenous.
- Brush crust with egg wash. Sprinkle crust with extra grated cheddar and Demerara sugar.*
- Transfer to preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, until deep golden brown.
- Let cool 10 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- If galette seems like it has gotten very warm by this point, pop the galette in the fridge or freezer for 10-15 minutes before baking
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