After reorganizing all my recipes on the site, it occurred to me that I don’t have many pastry main course recipes. So this week, I made it my mission to find a new one to try. After trawling the internet for a while I turned up a little beauty called the ‘Galette.’
Not something I’d ever heard of before, but the more I read into it, the more I just needed to make one! It’s effectively a pizza with a rustic pastry crust. Sounds delicious right? You’d be correct in that assumption. And I know what you’re thinking, tomato and mozzarella? That galette is just gonna’ be swimming in juices!? Wrong. If you open the door half way, you will probably panic when you see how much liquid is there. But stick it out until the end of the cooking time and you will see that all the liquid evaporates to leave an incredible, melted golden mound of tomato and cheese. Take my word for it, it’s just beautiful.
Here is what you will need to serve 1 as a main course or 2 as a part of a main course with a side. (Recipe adapted from Hip Foodie Mom.)
For the Pastry Crust
- 160g Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 60ml Olive Oil
- 50-100ml Cold Water
- 1 Egg, Beaten for egg wash
For the Topping
- 2 Balls of Fresh Mozzarella, Drained & Sliced
- 2 Fresh Tomatoes, Sliced
- Bunch of Fresh Basil, Roughly Chopped
- Salt & Pepper
Tomato & Mozzarella Galette Recipe
To make the crust, put the flour, salt & olive oil in a food processor & blitz briefly until it’s all blended together.
Add a little cold water at a time and pulse until it comes together to form a dough.
Tip out onto a work surface and knead briefly & gently into a ball.
Place in some cling film, flatten into a disc and pop into the fridge to rest for a minimum of 30 minutes. Meanwhile, you can be slicing your toppings.
Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C.
When the dough has rested, on a lightly floured work surface, roll out to a rough circle as thin as you can without tearing.
Lift the pastry onto a baking tray/sheet. Then leaving a 4cm/1 1/2″ gap around the edge, lay the mozzarella onto the pastry & sprinkle over a generous amount of chopped basil. Season with salt & pepper.
Then lay over the slices of tomato. If you like, finish with more basil and a little more salt & pepper.
Then roughly fold the edges up and over the toppings, lightly pinching the seams together as you go. Lastly, brush the crust all over with beaten egg.
Bake in the preheated oven for approx 45 minutes until the pastry is golden & crispy and the cheese is bubbling. Allow to sit for a few minutes before slicing and devouring like you haven’t eaten in weeks!
I am always happy to try any variation on the humble pizza. It doesn’t matter what that variation is. Anything with melted cheese is bound to be amazing, and this is no exception! A beautiful flaky pastry topped with delightfully seductive melted mozzarella, temptingly sweet tomatoes & the powerful flavour of basil. Just amazing. You should totally try one of these!
I hope you enjoyed this week’s post lovelies, until next time.
Miss KitchenMason
amallia
Wednesday 30th of July 2014
mmm so delicious. Thanks for the step by step instructions.
Miss KitchenMason
Wednesday 30th of July 2014
Aww you're welcome Amallia, thank you for your comment! X
dn940407
Sunday 1st of June 2014
Reblogged this on unwanted.
Ted Luoma
Saturday 24th of May 2014
That looks nice. I need to quit being lazy watching Netflix and get in the kitchen.
akeelakeelworld
Monday 19th of May 2014
i will go to my kitchen to make one right away
Smashthekeys
Monday 19th of May 2014
I didn't see a reference to the egg wash after the ingredients... Did I miss something?
Miss KitchenMason
Monday 19th of May 2014
Well spotted! It's me that missed it, thanks for pointing it out :) I'll get it changed x