Apple Galette

I bought myself a new toy in honor of launching my blog: a Cuisinart food processor. My old cheap one languished in my cupboard for about eight years until recently when I tried to use it again. Tried would be the operative word.

My goal was simple. I need to crush Oreo cookies into crumbs. Easy peasy.

Oreos in the container. Check.

Lid firmly on the container. Check.

Press pulse. Uh-oh.

Crumbs flew everywhere. On my counters. On me. Everywhere but in the bowl. My processor had a weird side chute that apparently had it’s own lid. Oops.

I did what any reasonable person would do. I stood in the kitchen sputtering non-repeatable words until finally retreating to my bedroom to take a nap, hoping it was a nightmare. It wasn’t. But it was the end of my food processor. The needed lid had disappeared, thus making it unusable. Farewell Oreo-spewing food processor – I won’t miss you.

Now onto this beauty. I poked at it. It didn’t poke back. I promised to use it frequently. It promised to not spew over my counters. Or me. Excellent.

I decided my first recipe using my new food processor would be an apple galette. It is amazing with a tender, flaky crust topped with cinnamon-spiced apples. It’s a perfect dish to welcome Fall.

Adapted from Zoom Yummy

Ingredients:

For the pastry:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt (if using regular table salt use half the amount)
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup cold butter, diced
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup milk

For the filling:

4 large apples; peeled, cored and cubed
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions:

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

To make the pasty:

Combine flour, sugar and salt in food processor.
Add cold diced butter to flour mix. Pulse until butter is the size of peas.
Add vinegar and milk (I started with half the milk and added as needed).
Pulse until dough pulls away from the side.
Remove from container and shape into a disk. Cut into 8 equal pieces. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until needed.

To make the filling:

Melt butter in a skillet.
Add sugar to melted butter. Stir for a couple of minutes.
Add diced apples to skillet.
Cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir frequently.

To assemble:

Roll out each disk into a circle on a well-floured surface.
Pat off excess flour and place on the cookie sheet
Place a couple spoonfuls of apple mixture in the center of each crust, leaving a 1 inch edge
Fold crust over and crimp, leaving the center exposed
Brush with butter
[optional] Dust crust with cinnamon sugar

Bake for 30 minutes until crust is golden brown. Makes 8 galettes.

Enjoy!