The Best Recipe for Galette - 4 fruits galette

This is the best recipe for galette. Soft crispy pastry, filled with juicy fresh berries and sweet Jam. 

It's the perfect dessert to enjoy all year round and it's super customisable with any fruit flavor you'd prefer. 

This fruit galette is extremely easy to put together unlike a pie, there isn't any of that long tireless rolling, cutting and shaping, this galette is super easy to make. 

In this french galette recipe I will be going through how to make this jam jar dessert and answering your FAQs such as ‘is galette vegetarian’ ‘can a galette be made with self-raising flour’ ‘what’s a galette’ and so much more.

A really great thing about this jam tart recipe is that it's vegan and gluten free! The water and dairy free butter are the egg substitute which allows the dough to bind together. 

Another great thing about this jam tart easy recipe is how customisable you can make it. For example, you can make these for any season using seasonal fruits.

I’ll also be sharing some more flavor variations and mix in’s below. And would highly recommend you check that part of this post out!

This jam pastry recipe requires less than 30 mins to come together from start to finish!

If you’re looking for more vegan recipes to add to your baking list check out my Pecan Pie Skillet and Hot Chocolate Pancakes

So how do you make this … galette dessert

To summarize this galette is made in 5 simple steps. First is the pastry - mix all the ingredients in a bowl and roll it out into a disk shape. Next spread the jam  onto the pastry and top with berries. Then simply fold the pastry over. Finally brush with egg or milk, to make it golden then all that's left to do is slice and enjoy with a scoop of ice-cream!

For a more detailed step by step method check out the full written recipe below.

Ingredients for a galette :

Pastry for jam tart - jam tart ingredients

• Vegan butter - You can use either vegan block butter or margarine for the pastry. 
• Plant-based milk - This can be oat, soya or almond milk
• Sugar - Caster or refined granulated sugar works best here.
• Plain flour - If you're not following a gluten free diet you may use normal plain flour instead

The Filling - jam filled pastry

Jam - For this galette I used St Dalfour's Summer fruit galette which is made primarily of berries and is perfectly sweet. But you can also use any other mixed berry jam. 

Berries - These can be fresh or frozen. If however, you are using frozen berries make sure to coat it lightly in a tablespoon of cornflour- as frozen berries have a higher water concentration and therefore, the berry juice tends to leak out of the pastry. So the cornflour works to try and trap the water and reduce the leakage.

Glaze - Lightly brush on some plant based milk on top of the pastry, this will allow the pastry to brown in the oven and have a beautiful gold color.

Vanilla ice cream - this is optional but its a great addition to the galette. Of course if you're making your galette vegan use vegan ice-cream!

• jam pastry slice

Expert Baking Tips - vegan galette recipe

• Roll the pastry between a sheet of greaseproof paper and a sheet of cling film to prevent the pastry from sticking to the counter top and so you can easily transfer the pastry to a baking tray. 
• Fold the pastry over most of the berries to prevent leakage.
• Allow the pastry to cool completely once baked so the filling can set before slicing.

How to make jam pastries

Fruit galette recipe..

• Start by preheating your oven to 180° and line your baking tray with grease proof paper.
• Next mix together the flour, and sugar until combined. Then add the butter and rub it into the flour until it reaches a bread crumb consistency.
• Add in your water a little at a time until it comes together into a dough.
• Roll the dough into a large circle onto a floured surface or between two sheets of clingfilm/plastic wrap to prevent the dough sticking to the surface.
• Next spread the jam in the centre of the dough in a circle, placing the fruit on top.
• Fold the pastry corners into the centre of the Galette, leaving the middle bare.
• Finally brush the pastry with egg/milk so it can brown in the oven. Bake for 30-40mins.
• Allow the galette to cool slightly before serving with a scoop/ or two of ice cream. Enjoy!

Flavour variations

Blackberry gallette

This would be sensational. Simply substitute the jam for blackberry compote or even a blueberry lemon galette using blueberry jam - check out my foolproof recipe here and top with fresh berries, and follow the same method as you would for this mixed berry galette.

Galette Peach

Like a peach cobbler just substitute the apple for peaches! The peaches would be perfectly soft and lightly sweetened making it the perfect dessert to enjoy on a cold night.

Let me know in the comments if you try these variations or if you came up with your own!

FAQs 

Is this galette vegetarian ?

Yes, there are no animal products used in this recipe making it suitable for vegetarians and vegans!

Storing and freezing

How long does a Galette last ?

They stay good at room-temperature for up to 2 days, in the fridge for up to a week.

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