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TASTE: Sweet, simple, summery peach flavors wrapped in buttery deliciousness.
TEXTURE: Softened peaches + flaky pie crust = bites of perfection.
EASE: So much easier than a full double-crust pie!
PROS: All the same flavors as a peach pie, but simpler and faster.
CONS: None.
WOULD I MAKE THIS AGAIN? Yes!
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To be honest, fruit desserts aren’t always my favorite. But I’m thrilled to be sharing this Peach Galette recipe with you for a few cheeky reasons.
Half my hesitation around fruit desserts, besides the fact that I usually want chocolate instead, is that perfectly ripe in-season fruit is just so good all on its own.
Then to spend the time making a homemade pie but having to wait hours for it to completely cool before you can finally eat it? Well, I’m just too lazy.
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Enter, the peach galette! All the deliciousness of a peach pie, with so much less fuss. It’s the perfect recipe for honing your pie dough skills, too, because it’s so much more forgiving.
A simple homemade flaky, buttery pie crust, filled with easy peach filling, and just folded around the edges to hold it all in.
So easy, so simple, and oh so tasty, this peach galette is the perfect accompaniment to any picnic, cookout or small gathering. I hope you love it as much as I do!
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How to Make Peach Galette
What is a Galette?
‘Galette’ is a French term to describe what is essentially a free-form flat pie that is much easier, quicker, and less temperamental than a traditional pie. There’s no pie pan and no fluting or crimping involved! It also cooks and cools much faster to satisfy your craving, stat. Think of this peach galette as the slightly more informal, rustic cousin to the peach pie. Still impressive, but easier and quicker.
Is Galette Dough The Same As Pie Dough?
Yes! We are using my Best Ever Pie Crust, which is my go-to all-butter pie crust, full of buttery flavor and perfectly flaky. You can make even quicker work of this using a food processor. Tips on pie crust below, and even more in my full Pie Crust post. I don’t recommend substituting a store-bought pie crust because they’re typically thinner, less flaky, and less flavorful than a homemade pie crust. I encourage you to give my recipe a try!
Tips for Rolling Out Pie Dough for Peach Galette
Here are my top 3 tips for rolling out pie dough. I have lots more tips in my full Pie Crust post.
- Keep everything as cold as possible. If your kitchen is warm, fill freezer bags with ice and a little water and set them on your work surface for 10 minutes, to chill down the surface before rolling out your pie dough.
- Flour your work surface, the dough itself, and your rolling pin throughout the process. I recommend investing in a flour shaker (to easily add a sprinkle of all-purpose flour wherever needed) and a bench scraper (helps to keep the dough moving as you roll it out, which is essential to prevent sticking).
- Chill when needed. If the butter begins to get melty or sticky at any point, return the dough to the fridge or freezer immediately. Continue once the butter is cold and firm.
What Type of Peaches Should I Use for Peach Galette?
- Fresh peaches are recommended for this peach galette recipe, when possible.
- Frozen peaches are your best bet if your local peaches are not in season.
- Team HTH tested thawing the frozen peaches to see if this step was necessary, and found there’s no need to thaw prior to using. However, if using frozen peaches, increase the cornstarch to 2 tablespoons. If using thawed, proceed with the recipe as written.
- You may need to adjust the sugar levels slightly in this recipe, depending on the sweetness of your peaches.
- In testing this recipe, Team HTH found that canned peaches are too bland and too wet for this recipe, resulting in an undesirable flavor and texture, as well as a soggy bottom. Avoid canned peaches for this recipe.
Picking Ripe Peaches for Peach Galette
Picking out perfectly ripe peaches can be super tricky, but here are a few quick tips. Underripe peaches will be hard and not sweet, and overripe peaches will release too much liquid as they bake and result in a soggy crust. Here are some tips to help you select the perfect peaches:
- Scent: Give it a sniff! They should have a noticeable sweet aroma.
- Appearance: Ripe peaches should have a dark yellow or orange shade to the outer skin. A green color means they’re underripe.
- Feel: When you delicately squeeze a peach, it shouldn’t be rock-hard or super soft. A perfectly ripe peach should have a little bit of give, but your fingers shouldn’t leave indentations.
- If your peaches are underripe, place them in a brown paper bag to help speed up the ripening process.
How Do I Keep A Galette From Getting Soggy?
- Bake the Peach Galette on a parchment paper-lined high-quality rimmed baking sheet.
- Use a baking stone if you have one, and place it on the bottom rack in the oven as it preheats. Bake on a baking sheet placed on top of the baking stone.
- Don’t skip the cornstarch in the recipe, to avoid a runny filling and soggy bottom.
- Drain the excess liquid from the peach mixture as you add the peaches to the crust.
- Most importantly, be sure to cook the galette completely. The galette is fully baked when the crust is deep golden brown and the peaches are bubbling. An underbaked galette will be soggy and runny.
How to Store Peach Galette
Store leftover Peach Galette in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 day or in the fridge for up to 3 days. Refresh in a 300°F oven for 5 to 10 minutes before serving, if desired.
Can You Freeze Peach Galette?
Yes! There are two ways to freeze this Peach Galette.
- Freeze after baking. Let cool completely, then freeze on a sheet pan until solid. Move to an airtight container. Let thaw at room temperature then refresh in a 350°F oven until warmed through and the crust is re-crisped, about 10-15 minutes.
- Freeze after assembling but before egg washing or baking. Increase cornstarch to 2 tablespoons. Freeze fully assembled on a sheet pan until solid then place in an airtight container. Bake from frozen, adding about 5 extra minutes to the baking time. This is a great way to prep for the holidays!
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Ingredients
- 1 (single batch)
Best Ever Pie Crust - 1 1/4 pounds (567 grams) fresh peaches* (about 5 large peaches), halved, pitted, and cut into 1/4-inch thick wedges
- 5 tablespoons (63 grams) granulated sugar, more or less depending on sweetness of peaches
- 2 teaspoons (5 grams) cornstarch**
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, optional
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons water, divided
- Coarse sugar, for sprinkling
- 1 tablespoon apricot jam or jelly
- Vanilla ice cream, for serving if desired
Instructions
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the pie crust from the fridge to soften slightly while you prepare the filling.
- In a medium-sized bowl, gently toss together peaches, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, and cinnamon, if using. Place a strainer set over another medium-sized bowl and pour in the peach mixture, letting it sit to release any liquid while you roll out the dough.
- Roll out the prepared dough into a 13-inch circle on a lightly floured counter, then transfer to the prepared pan.
- Using a slotted spoon, pick up the peaches from the bowl leaving the excess juices behind, and arrange them in the center of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border around the edge.
- Carefully grasp one edge of the dough and fold up 2 inches over the fruit. Repeat around the circumference of the tart, overlapping the dough every 2 inches. Gently pinch the pleated dough to secure, but do not press the dough into the fruit.
- Place in the fridge and chill while you preheat the oven. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 375°F. If you have a baking stone, place on the rack to preheat with the oven.
- Once preheated, beat the egg with ½ teaspoon water. Brush all over the unbaked crust. Sprinkle the crust with coarse sugar. Bake until crust is deep golden brown and fruit is bubbling, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
- Transfer sheet to wire rack and let tart cool for 10 minutes.
- While the galette cools, combine the apricot jam and 1 teaspoon water in a small glass bowl. Microwave for 15 to 20 seconds or until bubbling. Brush over the peaches.
- Using a metal spatula, loosen tart from parchment and slide onto wire rack; let cool until warm, about 30 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 day or in the fridge for up to 3 days. Refresh in a 300°F oven for 5 to 10 minutes before serving if desired.
Recipe Notes
Photos by Joanie Simon.
The pie crust recipe for the peach galette says to par bake for 15-17 minutes if you are filling the pie, then to bake for another 20 minutes without weights. The peach galette recipe says to bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Can you help with how long to bake and\or to par bake.
I made the galette without par baking the crust, and the entire middle section did not bake. I could smell the raw dough.
Hi Tabby! Please follow the baking instructions for the galette and not the pie crust instructions when making this recipe as it doesn’t require a par-baked crust. If the middle section of your galette didn’t fully bake and you could smell raw dough, I’d double check a few things. First, make sure your peach mixture isn’t super juicy (don’t skip the cornstarch!). Be sure to leave the excess juices behind in Step #5 so you’re not adding a bunch of liquid to the pie dough, which will affect its sogginess and ability to fully bake. Next, make sure your oven is properly preheated to 375°F (a cheap oven thermometer can assist with this) and your oven rack is moved to the lower-middle position. Everyone’s ovens are different, so it’s very possible your oven may require additional baking time. I personally love using my baking steel underneath pies/galettes as it helps ensure a baked bottom. A baking stone is perfect if you have one! Then, just keep an eye on the galette as it bakes. At the 50-minute mark, check the galette. If you can still smell raw dough, put it back in, and don’t take it out until the top of the crust is a dark golden brown. You really want to follow the sensory indicators over timing with pies/galettes, again, because everyone’s ovens bake differently. Let us know how it goes with your next try. I bet you’ll nail it!
Very tasty, but for my second batch I added some lemon juice and a couple of table spoons of liquified butter. It was much better! Also important is to select ripe peaches. I didn’t at first and resorted to microwaving them for a few minutes before baking. My family of connoisseurs loved the desert!
Another tip – I used frozen puff pastry sheets. The result was fantastic, but you have to eat it the same day.