Strawberry Galette
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Ingredients
  • PASTRY:
  • 1⅔ cup/210 g flour
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅔ cup plus 1 tablespoon/150 g butter, cut into pieces
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons ice-cold water
  • FILLING:
  • ½ cup/50 g ground almonds, lightly toasted
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • ¼ cup/55 g sugar, plus more for dusting strawberries
  • 1½ pounds/675 g strawberries, hulled and halved if large
  • Sweetened flavored whipped cream, for serving
Instructions
  1. Mise En Place ~ Gather Ingredients
  2. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F/200 degrees C.
  3. For the pastry:
  4. Mix the flour, sugar, and salt. Place in the refrigerator so it will be cold.
  5. Cube the butter; Place in the refrigerator so it will be cold.
  6. Place dry ingredients and cubed butter in a food processor; pulse until crumbly.
  7. Add water quickly. Pulse just until it forms a ball.
  8. Shape into a disk, wrap; refrigerate half an hour.
  9. Combine ground almonds, flour and sugar.
  10. Roll out the chilled dough into a circle; set on a baking sheet.
  11. Spread the almond mixture over, leaving a 3 inch/7.5 cm margin.
  12. Toss the strawberries with the additional sugar; arrange on top.
  13. Fold the edges of the galette dough up over the berries.
  14. Bake until the crust is crisp and golden, 20 to 25 minutes. (Mine took 40 minutes – so pay attention to the browning and crispness.)
  15. Serve warm with sweetened whipped cream or crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.
  16. Happy Mother’s Day.
Recipe by Make Mine Lemon at https://www.makeminelemon.com/strawberry-galette/