Wednesday, August 8, 2012

TWD - Berry Galette (Gluten Free)




I'm a day late!!!  I didn't even realise it was time for another recipe until Tuesday morning and I just didn't have the energy to bake, but I knew I wanted to attempt this dessert.  The hubs picked up some needed ingredients for me and I made the dough late Tuesday afternoon and popped it in the fridge.  I didn't think I would have enough daylight to get good pictures anyway so I put it off until today (Wednesday).  

I made this one gluten free, just substituting a gluten free flour when it called for all purpose.  The recipe was so easy to throw together and perfect for a light simple dessert.  I chose to make a berry galette and a peach galette.  Honestly I preferred the peach one to the berry, the berry was still lovely though and served with a dollop of freshly whipped cream, delicious! 




I did get some of the dreaded oozing during baking, but it seemed that the majority of the bakers did and it did add a rustic feel to the dessert. Next time I might skip the cornmeal, it added a texture that I didn't care for. Unfortunately lots of Gluten Free baking can end up gritty so adding that texture on purpose is not something I really want to do when the potential for grittyness is already there. 

I may just make a large galette next time as well, not splitting the dough in half as the recipe called for.  I have a big family though so logistically it just makes more sense for us to do that.  I look forward to making this recipe again and trying different fillings.  A savoury galette sounds divine!  I love being able to make some gluten free pastry dishes to curb my feeling of loss when I walk past a bakery ;)

If you would like the recipe go and visit Lisa of Tomato Thymes in the Kitchen or Andrea of The Kitchen Lioness.  Alternatively you can purchase the book Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan.  If you would like to see how everyone else did this week you can find the links to their blogs here.

Thanks for reading.
Erin

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos! I made the same flavors as you and my sis said she liked the peach way better. I would have too if they were more flavorful.

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    1. Thanks! The rest of my family preferred the berry galette so I was alone on preferring the peach :)

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  2. That's interesting - I was wondering how this dough would work gluten-free. I might try leaving out the cornmeal when I make one for my partner (who has celiac disease). They both look scrumptious!

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    1. The dough was very fragile, but from reading the other comments it looks like the dough is fragile in general. My hubby didn't mind the cornmeal, he isn't gf and said it didn't taste gf to him, so I may be overly sensitive the texture ;)

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  3. I like the idea of trying this with a gf dough. Both your galettes look really stunning!

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    1. Thanks so much, it's nice to have gf options. I have a weakness for baked goods (eating and baking) so it feels like a cruel joke is being played on me. I am determined to make delicious gf baked yummies!

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  4. I like how you were able to adapt this to work. Beautifully done - I love the picture with the whipped cream :-)

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  5. I salute you for making a GF dough successfully. I tried to make the dough with 1/2 whole wheat and it was just too dry to work well. I had to toss some dough and only made one small Galette. I like the idea of a rustic pie and both of your look amazing, pretty folds and the leaking is part of it. If Galettes don't leak, something's wrong. I am driving through Colorado peach country this week-end and hope to follow your lead. Stopping to buy some good peaches to try this again using a different pastry dough. Very nice Post.

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