I owe everyone an apology! I posted a quick post a few days ago with a picture af a mixed berry galette that I had whipped up with some frozen berries I had in the freezer, but I neglected to add the recipe. My thought had been to just mention following the Blackberry Galette recipe (https://www.morgansistersrecipes.com/blackberry-galette-recipe-review-using-fresh-blackberries/) and that was a mistake. This Quick Fruit Galette is so simple to make, and you can use store bought pie crust to make it even easier.
The first thing I did after preheating the oven to 400 F was let the pie crust sit at room temperature for about 10 min. This makes it a little easier to work with. On a piece of parchment paper, roll the dough out into roughly a 12 inch circle. Remember, it doesn’t have to be perfect.
For the Quick Fruit Galette pictured above, I used about 3 cups of blueberries and strawberries. You can use any kind of frozen fruit you have on hand, though. Peaches are great, as well as mixing raspberries with the blueberries and strawberries.
It is very important to not let your fruit thaw out. It will create too much juice for the pie. Once you have your fruit selected, toss with a tablespoon of cornstarch, and if needed, a 1/3 cup of sugar. Then, pour the mixture into the center of the piecrust, and arrange evenly, leaving a 2 inch border of crust. Any sugar and cornstarch left at the bottom of the bowl can be sprinkled over the top of the fruit.
For the crust, carefully take an edge, and fold over the fruit, then keep folding and pleating each little corner as you go, until the galette is completely enclosed in a tight bundle. Brush the crust with egg wash, for a more golden brown.
Take the parchment paper with the Quick Fruit Galette and transfer to a baking sheet. Place baking sheet on the bottom rack of the oven, and bake for about 45 – 50 minutes. I found it actually took longer, due to the frozen fruit. The crust will be golden brown, and firm on the sides.
When it comes out of the oven, it does need to cool for about 20 minutes before eating. I did end up putting a couple of pot holders under one end of the baking sheet, to help the juice run out, I just don’t like it all sitting right under the crust making it soggy.
One thing I did notice was that the cornstarch doesn’t dissolve in fruit juice as it normally would with fresh fruit, and The berries showed a bit of white on them when it came out of the oven. This is completely ok!! I just sprinkle a tiny bit of powdered sugar over the top, and no one is the wiser. You need to cornstarch for the juices to thicken, giving it that lovely pie texture we all love.
This Quick Fruit Galette is amazing on by itself, but is super good with a scoop of vanilla ice cream as well. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Quick Fruit Galette
Ingredients
- 1 store bought pie crust at room temperature for about 10 minutes ( I use Pillsbury
- 3 cups frozen berries or peaches ( any fruit you would like )
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/3 cup sugar ( can be more or less, depending on tartness of fruit )
- 1 egg, beaten
- Powdered sugar (optional )
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F
- Once pie crust has been at room temperature for about 10 minutes, roll it out on a sheet of parchment paper to about 12 inches in diameter. It doesn't have to be perfectly round.
- Take berries or fruit of choice from freezer, and combine in a bowl with the cornstarch and sugar. Arrange fruit in the center of the pie crust, leaving a 2 inch border of crust.
- Any remaining sugar and cornstarch, go ahead and sprinkle of the the fruit.
- Now, start folding the crust over the fruit, pinching each corner gently. When you have finished, your galette will be tightly wrapped in it's crust.
- Brush the crust with the beaten egg, and place the parchment paper and galette onto a baking sheet.
- Place pan into the 400 F oven on the bottom rack and bake for about 50 minutes. The crust should be golden brown, and firm on the sides.
- Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar after it cools, and serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.
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