Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Baking With Julia- Berry Galette

berry galette by Teckelcar
berry galette, a photo by Teckelcar on Flickr.
No rest for the wicked this week. We had just finished the blueberry-nectarine pie (and I must say YUM) when lo and behold its time to whip up another baked good for Baking With Julia. This week's goody, Berry Galette, is in keeping with last week's with the use of all the delightful bounty of seasonable berries. For a full run down on the recipes check out Tomato Thymes in the Kitchen and The Kitchen Lioness.

The crust, or rather galette dough was a snap to make. I have made enough pie crusts now that as tempting as it is to handle the dough I know better than to do the bare minimum, as a result the crust was tender and flaky. The filling however... well I got all impetuous and squeezed in a bit of lemon juice. Oops, I like tart but this was a bit much. Fortunately it was nothing a bit of caster sugar sprinkled on top couldn't fix.

I think I liked the blueberry-nectarine pie a smidgen more, but this is an excellent and quick way to use up an excess of berries. Next time I just won't add the lemon juice.

5 comments:

Im At Home Baking said...

Yours looks very yummy!!

Teresa said...

It looks beautiful - the lack of sweetness is easy to remedy with sugar or ice cream!

Julia said...

Glad you liked it. Yours looks great.

Cher Rockwell said...

I like how simply this came together - looks good!

Sweet and That's it said...

The one that I've made with berry was too tart for me, too; but adding peaches to the berries made the perfect "marriage"!

This recipe is a winner and a winner is your beautiful rustic galette.