Walking my dog, Charlotte, this Fall around my neighborhood I noticed many apple trees loaded with apples. They were so plentiful and so many of the apples were just falling off the trees. More than the birds and squirrels can eat. My friend, Norma, has two large apple trees and offered to give me a bunch of the beautiful green and red patched apples. I just had to photograph them and make something out of them. Must not let them go to waste! So I made a apple galette and froze a bunch of apples to make two more galettes over the winter.
Denver Neighborhood apples - Newton Wonder Apple and/or Orange Pippin
Apple Galette Recipe
Dough
1 1/2 cup of flour
1 tsp of sugar
1tsp of salt
1 stick of butter ( I know everyone uses unsalted but I use salted)
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Shortening
Transfer dry ingredients to a food processor and pulse about 5 times to blend.
Then add cold butter and pulse till it looks like coarse meal.
Add the vegetable shortening and pulse about 5 times.
Add 1 Tablespoon at a time of ice water till mixture turns into a ball or spins to one side of the food processor. Dough should hold together but not sticky.
Filling
15 small apples peeled and sliced
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
1 lemon (squeeze juice from)
After mixing the filling all together I cook it for about 5-10 minutes.
Let cool for about 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Roll out dough to approximately 14 inches so when you fold over apples the galette will be approximately 12 inches. I found this to be immensely important to roll out dough on parchment paper because it is easy to pick up paper and place it on the full sheet pan.
Spread 1/4 cup of apricot jam in the center of dough approximately 11 inches in diameter
Then place sliced apples on top of jam in center of dough and gently fold dough over apples.
Brush a beaten egg on dough and then sprinkle large sugar crystals.
Bake for 15 minutes at 450 degrees.
Then lower heat to 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
Apricot jam in the middle of dough.
Gently folding dough over apples.
Ready to slide into the oven!!
Newton Wonder Apple or a Orange Pippin