Best Galette Dough Recipes

GALETTE DOUGH

Steps:

• Lay roughly three quarters of butter on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze until hard, at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, refrigerate remaining butter.
• Combine flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor. Add refrigerated butter and pulse to combine, about 10 times. Add frozen butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with some blueberry-size clumps.
• Add ice water and immediately pulse until just incorporated, about 10 times more. Squeeze a small amount of dough to make sure it holds together. Pulse a few more times, if necessary.
• Empty dough onto a piece of plastic wrap. Bring edges together to gather dough, pressing so it comes together into a mass. Form dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Roll out dough, still wrapped in plastic, to a 1/2-inch-thick disk. Refrigerate at least 45 minutes and up to 2 days; dough can be wrapped in plastic, then in foil, and frozen up to 1 month.

SAVORY GALETTE DOUGH

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt and the pepper.
• Cut in the butter, using your fingers or a pastry cutter, until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal -- work very quickly so that the butter does not become too warm.
• Add the ice water and press the dough gently until it JUST comes together -- DO NOT overmix--it's okay if there appears to be unmoistened flour.
• Spread a sheet of plastic wrap over a flat surface and turn the dough out onto it.
• Grip the ends of the plastic wrap and pull them together, towards the center, so that the wrap presses the dough together.
• Wrap the dough into a ball and refrigerate it for at least 30 minute (At this point, the dough can be wrapped a second time and stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• To make the pastry, cut the dough into 2 or 8 equal pieces, depending on whether you will make large or individual galettes.
• Set the dough on a floured work surface and use the palm of your hand to pat it flat.
• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a circle about 1/8-inch thick. Large galettes should be about 14 inches in diameter - small galettes should be about 6-8 inches in diameter.
• Set the dough on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and keep chilled until ready to fill. (The dough can also be frozen after it has been rolled; be sure to wrap it tightly.).
• Fill with whatever your heart desires and bake in a 400ºF oven for about 35-40 min, depending on what you fill it with. The pastry should be nice and golden brown.
• **Variation: For sweet galettes, use 1/4 tsp salt and add 1 tsp sugar at the same time.

GALETTE DOUGH

Steps:

• For either dough: mix the dry ingredients in the bowl of your food processor, or in a large bowl.
• Cut in the butter until it is distributed through the flour, but still in large, pea-sized chunks.
• Add the ice water (in the savory dough, the ice water and the olive oil) all at once and mix just until the dough starts to come together.
• Gather the dough in your hands and shape into a disk- don't worry if you see large streaks of butter- they are supposed to be there.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour before rolling out.