Peach and Blueberry Galette — Culinary Seasons

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Galettes are a French pastry or cake that originated in the region of Brittany. The Norman period (1066-1204) is when the people of France began to make flat cakes or freeform pastries. Pans or tart pans were not used in the baking process. This Peach and Blueberry Galette uses this same technique.

Types of Galettes

One of the first and most recognized styles of galette was the Galette des Rois, otherwise known as King Cake. The cake is made freeform and bakes semi flat cake. The cake is an almond type filling wrapped in puff pastry and decorated with puff pastry on the outside.

Breton Galette is another type of French galette. This galette is a type of pancake made from buckwheat flour and filled with a savory filling.

The word galette is also used to describe large cookies in some countries as well.

Fruit or Savory Galette

I am most accustomed to the Fruit or Savory Galette as are most people. In this recipe for Peach and Blueberry Galette, I place the filling in the middle of a dough and folded up and around the sides of the filling. This allows the crust to form around the filling keeping it from leaking out.

Since it’s summer, making a galette is a great way to use some of the abundance of fruit and vegetables from the garden. Use whatever fruit you want, apples, strawberries or even blackberries.

Use Those Garden Veggies Too!

Making a savory galette is just as easy as making this fruit one. Slice some tomatoes, zucchini or even saute some onions and top with some crumbly feta cheese and bake it off. Its a great way to use some of the veggies from the garden.

Give this Peach and Blueberry Galette a try or make a savory one to use veggies from the garden. Either way you want to do it it will be delicious.

Peach and Blueberry Galette (V)

Servings: 6 people

Author: Chef Tony Zentgraf

Peach and Blueberry go great together in this unformed fruit tart. Serve it with some vanilla bean ice cream and you will be in heaven. Print Recipe