I just finished this week's Tuesday's with Dorie. Mine was a peach galette.
Michelle from Michelle in Colorado Springs selected this summer treat. Surf on over to her blog for the recipe.
I blanched the peaches to easily remove the skins. First time blancher. It worked like a dream!
I halved and pitted the fruit then prepared the crust. I elected to use my no-fail crust recipe rather than Dorie's. I'm sure hers is good but I know mine well.
perfectly combined flour shortening and salt, ready for a few tablespoons of cold water. that's the secret to a good crust, you know? Everything cold, cold, cold. I've even started storing my shortening in the fridge.
Spread the preserves onto the rolled out crust. I elected not to use the graham cracker crumbs. I'm not sure of their purpose. It just seems strange to me. So on top of the preserves, I placed the peaches, cut side down and folded the edges over. Good thing this dessert is supposed to look rustic.
My favorite part was the custard. I could (and did) drink this stuff! After the galette has cooked enough to soften the fruit, you pour in a prepared custard (sugar, butter, egg and vanilla). I liked the custard so much I took the galette out, poured the rest of the custard on top and cooked it some more. De-lish!
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Absolutely beautiful presentation!
lovely galette you have there.and i'm glad u enjoyed it.
i loved the custard too but my favourite part was still the pie dough. to die for!!!
You have my appetite soaring... and I have fresh peaches from Appleworks! If I give them to you could you make me one - just kidding.
And the sling bag - love the colors. You are one talented chickie, Melly Crocker. Seems you can do anything you put your mind to BEAUUUTIFULLY.
Think I'll go have a peach,
Rob
Oh Fine. Now I'm hungry! That peach galette looks AWESOME!!!
This looks FAB! It looks so nice without the fruit cut up into little pieces!
I really thought the custard made this dessert great! It looks delish! I will have to try peaches sometime
Yup, peaches hands down are an awesome filling for this galette!
Yours looks great! Good job with the blanching... I did apples to avoid that step!
Very pretty - I was lazy and skipped the blanching, but it looks like it went easily for you!
I loved the custard too! I skipped the blanching of my peaches. Beautiful job!
Looks great! It was tasty, wasn't it?
I love the way the halved peaches look. They are very inviting. I just want to poke 'em with a fork (ok, I really want to poke 'em with my finger, whatev!)
Gorgeous galette!
The graham cracker crumbs are supposed to soak up some of the fruit juices -- sounds like it worked without them, though. The custard did add a wonderful sweet touch.
If you are ever in the mood for a wonderful, rich, flakey, buttery, totally-over-the-top pie crust, do try Dorie's! It is wonderful! And you already know THE secret to all piecrusts -- keep it cold, cold, cold!
I need to make this again with peaches. Yum!
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