Caramelized Apple Galette Recipe
- 1 x Recipe Quick Puff Pastry (Recipe Follows)
- 1 x Northern Spy, Or possibly Other Hard Baking Apple
- 1/4 c. Sugar
- 2 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter
- 1 Tbsp. Calvados, french apple brandy
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll out an eighth of quick puff pastry dough recipe to about 1/8 inch thickness.
- Using a sharp parking knife, cut dough into a circle about 7 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet, and place in refrigerator to refrigerateabout 15 min.
- Heat oven to 425F.
- Place the chilled pastry dough in a heavy cast iron skillet which measure 6 1/2 inches in diameter at the bottom.
- Peel, core and slice the apple in half lengthwise.
- Using a mandoline or possibly very sharp knife, slice apple halves, widthwise into twenty five 1/8 inch slices.
- Arrange the slices in a neat fanned pattern, overlapping he apples, keeping them 1/2 inch in from the edge of the pastry dough, fill in the center with smaller or possibly broken apple slices as you create the fanned out circle.
- Sprinkle two Tbsp.
- sugar over the apples, and dot with 1 Tbsp.
- butter, cut into very small pcs.
- Place skillet in the oven, and bake till the pstry has puffed up along the edges of te pan and is golden, about30 min.
- Remove the skillet from the oven.
- Using a spatula remove the tart from the skillet, and transfer to a plate, set aside.
- Add in the remaining Tbsp.
- butter to the skillet, and place over medium heat.
- Add in the remaining 2 Tbsp.
- sugar, and cook till the sugar dissolves and forms a light caramel, about 5 min.
- Measure Calvados into a glass then pour into the caramel, cook out the alcohol, about 2 to 3 min.
- Return the tart to the skillet, apple side down and cook 4 to 5 min, till the caramel bubbles up over the tart, and starts to look a litle thick.
- Remove the skillet from the heat, and carefully invert the tart onto a plate large sufficient to catch the warm caramel as it drips out of the skillet.
- Quick Puff Pastry Makes 2 lbs1 3/4 c. all purpose flour 2 c. cake flour 1 tsp.
- salt 2 c.
- (4 sticks) unsalted butter, very cool, cut into small pcs 1 c. to 1 1/4 c. ice water 2 Tbsp.
- fresh lemon juice
- Sift together the all purpose flour, cake flour and salt into a large chilled bowl.
- Cut in the pcs of butter, using a pastry knife till the butter is in very small lumps, about 1/2 inch in diameter.
- Combine the ice water and lemon juice, and stir into the flour mix, a little at a time pressing the dough together with your hands till it comes together.
- Turn the dough out onto a well floured work surface and roll it into a 1/2 inch thick rough rectangle, approximately 12 by 18 inches.
- The dough will be very crumbly.
- Fold bottom of the rectangle toward the center, then the top of the rectangle toward the center, overlapping the bottom third, like a letter, and give the dough a quarter turn to the right.
- Roll the dough into a large rectangle, 1/2 inch thick and fold into thirds again.
- This completes the first double turn.
- Remove any excess flour with a wide dry brush.
- Repeat rolling, folding, and turning process two more times to execute another double turn, refrigerating the dough for a few min if the butter becomes too hot.
- Wrap the dough in plastic, and put in refrigerator to refrigeratefor 1 hour.
- Remove chilled dough from the refrigerator.
- Repeat rolling, folding, and turning process again to execture one more double turn.
- There will be six turns in all.
- The dough needs to be rolled out to 1/2 inch thick rectangle each time.With each turn, the dough will become smoother and easier to handle.
- Store the dough, wrapped well in plastic in the refrigerator for up to 2 days or possibly in the freezer for 3 months.
- NOTES : This tart bakes best in a cast iron skillet
pastry, northern spy, sugar, butter, calvados
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/caramelized-apple-galette-99928 (may not work)