Caramel Apple Galette with French Vanilla Ice Cream
If you love American apple pie, you'll go nuts for the French version! Essentially an open-faced pie, a galette is great because it lets you see exactly what you're in for, and when that means a doughy, yet flaky crust, freshly baked apple slices, creamy caramel sauce, and toasted chopped nuts, you know you're in for an absolute treat!
Equipment
- Oven
- Mixing Bowl
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 200 g flour
- 170 g cold butter, cubed
- 60 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 60 ml cold water
- 1 apple
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp chopped nuts Hazelnuts work best
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 egg
- caramel sauce
- chopped nuts
- 1 scoop French vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Prepare the dough by mixing the flour, cold butter, sugar, and salt into a uniform mass and then adding the water. Knead the dough with your hands, form the dough into a ball, and then roll out in a circle on a floured work surface.
- Peel and core the apple and cut it into thin slices.
- Add the brown sugar, corn starch, chopped nuts, cinnamon, and lemon juice to the apple slices and mix well by hand.Tip: Hazelnuts work best in this recipe, but feel free to experiment!
- Distribute the apple slices in the middle of the dough circle.
- Fold the dough edges over the apple slices and make several wide crimps around the outer edge.
- Whisk the egg and brush it over the dough. Drizzle caramel sauce over the galette and sprinkle some more chopped nuts on top. Bake for 35 minutes.
- Top off your golden brown dessert with a scoop of French vanilla ice cream and some more caramel sauce.
