Apple Galette

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold butter
• 2 tablespoons cold butter
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 lbs tart apples (3-5)
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 large egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl combine flour, sugar and salt.
• 2 add 1/2 cup cold butter and cut into dry ingredients until it resembles coarse meal.
• 3 add egg yolk and 2 tablespoons water, stir until mixture forms a ball.
• 4 form dough into flat disk, wrap in plastic wrap and chill about 1 hour.
• 5 peel and core apples, cutting each into 8 wedges.
• 6 in a pan over medium heat add remaining 2 tablespoons butter. add apples.
• 7 cook apples over heat until edges slightly brown, then add brown sugar and nutmeg. cook another 2-3 minutes. remove from heat.
• 8 roll dough into circle on lightly floured surface.
• 9 carefully transfer dough to parchment-lined baking sheet.
• 10 pour apple mixture into center of pastry mounding apples in center.
• 11 gently fold edges of dough over apples, pleating as you go, leaving an opening about 4 inches wide in the center. brush pastry with beaten egg.
• 12 bake in 375 degree oven about 40-45 minutes (until pastry is brown and apples are tender when pricked).