Strawberry Galette

Kiss your pie dish goodbye and satisfy your dessert craving with this simple Strawberry Galette. Featuring a rustic butter crust loaded with fresh berries, this pie alternative is imperfectly perfect.

If dumb decisions were an Olympic sport I’d win a gold medal. Then I’d try eating it because anything round and golden reminds me of pie. Basically, pie is all about risk reward. I’ll risk breaking a tooth on a metal medal if there’s a remote possibility it tastes like pie. You know what they say: all that glitters isn’t gold. Sometimes it’s a sparkly, sugar-coated pie crust.

Ultimately, it isn’t the filling that makes pie a favorite dessert, it’s the crust. Everybody knows buttery and flaky are a must, but what really gives crust its wow factor are the combination of egg wash and coarse sugar. Mopped on with a pastry brush, an egg wash is the secret to baking a golden brown crust and a sprinkling of coarse sugar adds a sweet, shimmery crunch.

It all sounds simple enough, but the egg wash is where my stupidity takes center stage. You see, since my pastry brush is missing in action the egg wash for my strawberry pie got painted on the dough with an actual paint brush. Never used before but old enough for Medicare, the bristles kept leaving flecks of red on the dough. Like a dope, I thought it was strawberry seeds–until I realized the brush’s red handle was flaking off onto my crust.

As much as I adore pie crust, I draw the line at eating it speckled with lead paint. I’m all for making myself sick from overeating, but not making myself sick eating a poisoned paint pie. A girl’s gotta line somewhere. So, low on flour and too lazy to clean the pie plate, I improvised and made a galette. And I did it without a pastry brush, a paint brush or a hair brush. I simply smeared the egg on the dough with my fingertips and called it a day.

And, after all, there’s no better day than one that ends with an open-face strawberry pie.

Before sharing the Strawberry Galette recipe, here are a few tips and tricks to help you out:

Ingredient Tips

Cornstarch thickens the berry juices so the galette does not get soggy. If you do not have cornstarch then tapioca flour will work as a substitute.

Sprinkle galette with turbinado sugar just prior to baking. Turbinado sugar is larger in size than granulated sugar, which means it’s more resistant to heat and gives the galette texture.

Crust Preparation Tips

If you do not have a food processor, use a pastry cutter to cut the cold butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles damp sand. Then add ice water one tablespoon at a time until dough forms.

After the galette is assembled brush the dough with an egg wash. The egg/heavy cream mixture helps seal the edges, adds shine and enhances color during baking.

Dough can be made up to 3 days in advance. Cover with plastic wrap then store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

How to Store a Strawberry Galette

Galettes taste best the day they are baked. If you have leftovers then store them loosely covered at room temperature up to 2 days.

I hope you enjoy this rustic Strawberry Galette. Please leave a rating and review when you try the recipe for yourself. And, while you’re at it, sign up for my weekly Recipe Newsletter so you never miss a tempting recipe.

Finally, if you like strawberry recipes then you’ll love these Strawberry Cinnamon Rolls. Made with yeast dough then filled with a medley of jam and fresh berries, mornings are sweeter eating this treat. 

Strawberry Galette

Heather Wolf

Kiss your pie dish goodbye and satisfy your dessert craving with this simple Strawberry Galette. Featuring a rustic butter crust loaded with fresh berries, this pie alternative is imperfectly perfect.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Chill 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Pies and Tarts

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Equipment

• Food Processor

Ingredients

  

Galette Dough

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour unbleached
• 1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp sea salt fine
• 8 Tbsp unsalted butter cold and cubed
• 3 Tbsp ice cold water

Strawberry Filling

• 3 cups fresh strawberries hulled and sliced
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract pure
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch

Egg Wash

• 1 large egg
• 2 tsp heavy cream
• 1 Tbsp turbinado sugar

Instructions

 

Galette Dough

• Combine flour, sugar and salt in a food processor. Pulse a few times to combine.
• Add butter to food processor. Pulse until butter looks like small peas and mixture resembles damp sand.
• Add ice water one tablespoon at a time, pulsing until dough forms.
• Remove dough from food processor then, using your hands, form dough into a ball.
• Flatten dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap then refrigerate for 30 minutes until firm.

Strawberry Filling

• Combine strawberries, sugar, vanilla and cornstarch in a large bowl. Stir until well combined.

Egg Wash

• Whisk together egg and heavy cream in a small bowl until combined. Set aside.

Assembly

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment and set aside.
• Remove chilled dough from the refrigerator. Let it set at room temperature for 15 minutes then roll out on a floured surface until circle is 14 inches in diameter.
• Transfer dough to your baking sheet. Spoon strawberry filling and juices into the center leaving a 2 inch boarder around the perimeter.
• Carefully fold dough up and over the edges of the berry filling, overlapping as you go. Pinch dough edges to seal.
• Brush dough with egg wash then sprinkle dough with turbinado sugar.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling hot.
• Remove from oven and allow the galette to rest on the baking sheet for 15 minutes to cool.
• Serve plain, with a dusting of powdered sugar or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Cover and store leftovers at room temperature up to 2 days.

Keyword galette, strawberry