galette

Recipe: Black Cherry and Raspberry Galette with Walnut Frangipane and Ginger

September 11, 2011

Do you really need me to write out the instructions with a recipe title like that? Clearly I didn’t name the dish with Twitter in mind. Instead, I created this for my parents’ anniversary. When asked what he wanted for dessert, Dad requested a “red galette.” After a bit of probing, I learned this was [...]

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Recipe: Rhubarb and Raspberry Galette

June 6, 2011

Technically this is an original recipe. But like all dishes, its initial creative spark came from a patchwork of ideas. The pivotal concept, pairing rhubarb with raspberry, came via David Lebovitz, who posted a link to Lottie and Doof, who got it from Bon Appetit. With rhubarb on hand and some of last year’s raspberries [...]

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Peach, Apricot and Plum Galette Recipe

August 26, 2010

This recipe is enough to make me eat my words. I don’t like marzipan, I find Emeril Lagasse’s TV persona annoying (his toothpaste commercials were the final straw for me) and I avoid pre-packaged items on principle. And yet, this recipe, which became a favourite within two bites, calls for almond paste, boxed puff pastry [...]

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Concord Grape Galette

October 13, 2009

Pastry is fickle. One day you’re rolling dough like it’s a bolt of white velvet and pulling a golden bubbling dessert from the oven. The results are so fine you briefly consider embroidering “Pie Guru” on your apron. Only you don’t know how to sew, so you put that idea away for when people ask [...]

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