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Free-Form Apple Tart (Apple Galette)

Cookbook
Author(s): Martha R. Shulman
Page 288
Course: Pies and Tarts
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2 reviews, average rating 4.0 / 5

Peckish Sister

13 years ago
4/5
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I had a very similar experience to QS. I tried a new kind of apple, SweeTango. Very good for eating and cooking, both sweet and tart at the same time. The fragrance of the cooking apples was amazing. When I was ready to stop cooking the apples I had some juice in the bottom of the pan that I reduced to a syrup after taking the apples out. We also tried to eat it up warm. The galette was quite hard and not that flavorful.

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Queezle_Sister

13 years ago
4/5
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The apples were perfect - just needs a better crust.
In this recipe, apple slices are sauteed in a bit of butter, and then sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg is added. The smell in the kitchen was heavenly.
I used a dessert galette pastry in the freezer. Based on my prior experience with soggy crust, I added a layer of almond meal (not called for in this recipe), and encouraged everyone to finish it in one go (the four of us laugh at the suggested 8 servings!).
We ate it warm, and the crust didn't g...
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