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Skye Gyngell recipes: Apple Galette

By CW Contributor on 27/7/2015

Skye Gyngell cookbook: for a crowd-pleasing classic dessert, try this wholesome apple tart recipe.

Tart recipe: Apple galette, Photography © Andy Sewell
Tart recipe: Apple galette, Photography © Andy Sewell
Spring, the cookbook celebrating the opening of the new Skye Gyngell restaurant of the same name, is the perfect place to find your new and innovative recipes this summer; this wide-ranging book will have recipes for everyone. 


This beautiful apple galette, complete with an almond layer and chopped walnuts, is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser. 


Apple galette


I love this simple, classic, understated tart. The secret lies in the crisp, fine pastry. I like to eat it still slightly warm form the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Choose a firm, flavourful dessert apple, such as a Braeburn or Cox’s.



INGREDIENTS


Serves 6 – 8

For the pastry


180g plain flour


¼ tsp salt


170g chilled unsalted butter, cut into small cubes


80ml chilled water


For the almond layer


3 tbsp ground almonds


3 tbsp plain flour


60g caster sugar


For the apple topping


6 – 8 apples (depending on size)


Pinch of salt


6 tbsp caster sugar


100g shelled walnuts, roughly chopped


20g chilled butter, cut into small flakes


METHOD


To make the pastry, put the flour, salt and butter in a food processor and process for 5 seconds. The butter should still be visible and in small pieces. Add the water and process for 5 seconds more – just enough time for the dough to start holding together. Little pieces of butter should still be visible throughout (this is important to achieve a delicate, flaky pastry). Remove from the machine and lightly gather into a dough with your hands. Form into a ball, flatten slightly and wrap in cling film. Rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.


Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured cool surface to a large, thin round, about 30cm in diameter. Lift the dough onto a baking sheet.


For the almond layer, toss together the ground almonds, flour and sugar and scatter over the pastry.


Peel, quarter and core the apples, then slice into 3mm wedges. Place in a bowl and sprinkle with the salt and all but 1 tbsp of the sugar. Toss well to combine. Taste and add a little more salt if the apple seems too sweet.


Arrange the apples evenly over the pastry, leaving a 5cm clear border. Fold the edges of the pastry up over the fruit, crimping and tucking them gently as you do so. Spring the remaining sugar on top, scatter over the walnuts and dot with the butter.

Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden brown. For the best possible flavour and fragrance, eat within an hour.



Recipe extracted from Spring: The Cookbook by Skye Gyngell (Quadrille Press, Hardback £25)


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