My kitchen smelled like strawberry jam after making this tart. Who wouldn’t like that? That’s almost as good as eating it – being surrounded by the perfume of warm, jammy summer fruit as it slowly cooks to oozy deliciousness in the oven.
The only thing that went a leetle bit wonky was the fact that the cut-up fruit leaked a lot of juice while cooking in the oven, meaning that the pieces starting swimming out of the lovely concentric circles I’d spend ages carefully putting them into.
Still tasted great though…
Strawberry galette from Martha Stewart Living Magazine (no. 174)
Serves 6 to 8 people
You’ll need:
For the dough:
2½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the surface
1 1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
8 oz (1 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup plus two tablespoons ice water
For the galette:
1 pound strawberries, hulled
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter, cut into smaller pieces
1. Pulse the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Add ice water and pulse until just combined (the dough will still be crumbly). Shape dough into a disk, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat the oven to 180C/ 350F/ gas Mark 4. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out a 10-inch round and transfer to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Cut the strawberries lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Reserve end pieces for another use.* Toss slices with 1/4 cup of sugar and the cornstarch and immediately arrange them in concentric circles on the dough. Start 1 inch from the edge, overlapping slices slightly. Fold the edge of the dough over the fruit. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
4. Whisk together the egg yolk and water. Brush the dough with the egg wash and sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar. Dot berries with the butter. Bake until the crust is golden brown – 40 to 45 minutes.
5. Transfer to a serving plate and serve warm with cream or icecream.
Cook’s notes
* Leftover strawberries ends – I snarfed some immediately and added the rest to a smoothie.
I had a lot of leftover pastry, so I’ve frozen it for another time, but you could make some mini-galettes with the strawberry ends and other summer fruits.
The dough was a little thick for me, but I guess it’s supposed to be quite a robust tart.
Martha suggested pairing this up with a basil cream but I’ve got strong memories of a truly sick-making basil icecream I tried in a restaurant a while ago, so that was a total non-starter.
I keep wanting to write a larger piece about Martha but my brain is noodled at the moment.
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June 21, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Yvonne
Jen that looks amazing! My mother used to make gorgeous strawberry tarts with a similar recipe…so I can taste it right now. Thanks for the lovely memory!
June 21, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Rachel@fairycakeheaven
This looks gorgeous Jen, really summery and am sure it tasted divine!
I find Martha a bit hit and miss myself, something good and sometimes bad. Basil yogart would have been lovely with this but when you have memories of something awful it’s hard to change your mind about it, like me and the mushrooms!!!
June 21, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Peter
Jen, this is breathtaking…please eat a virtual slab for me and thank you!
June 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Deb
Jen I liked your comment on how the kitchen had the wonderful aroma of strawberries! I can smell it now! Tart is lovely!
June 21, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Jen
Hey Yvonne.
Happy to oblige 🙂 Funny how certain foods bring back powerful memories – good or bad. For me, unromantically enough, a good one is the smell of fish frying – my Mum makes the best fish cakes ever… Drool. Lor over at Italian Foodies has a post about food memories and it’s certainly inspiring me to write something here soon.
Hiya Rachel.
Definitely the taste of summer captured in tart form! And, funnily enough, I’ve had my faith in basil-flavoured desserts restored this evening. A lovely basil semi-freddo at L’Ecrivain. So I might give it a whirl at home now.
Hey Peter.
Why thanks 🙂 I will, of course, eat another slice on your behalf 😉 I’m sending a virtual slab your way too!
Hi Deb.
It really was the most wonderful thing. Kitchen aromatherapy, you can’t beat it! 🙂
June 22, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Trekkie
I’m pawing at the screen….but I can’t make it. Strawberries are one of the fruit that makes my husbands mouth bleed (the others being Kiwi and – sometimes – Pineapple).
June 22, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Jen
Hey Trekkie.
Oh my god, that’s awful! My friend is allergic to strawbs as well but nothing like that! (They, er, go right through him.) Something to do with the fruit acids maybe?
Enjoy a virtual slice instead 🙂
June 22, 2008 at 8:17 pm
marianroche
ooooh, that looks so tasty. Having a strawberry craving as I type.
June 23, 2008 at 8:05 am
the caked crusader
Absolutely beautiful! I always think that strawberries are such a pretty fruit and they look stunning in the lovely pattern you have created.
A slice of that would be most welcome!
June 23, 2008 at 10:00 am
amadan
I don’t know how you didn’t manage to eat all those strawberries while putting it together 😉 and beautifully put together too.
June 23, 2008 at 11:01 am
Jen
Hi Marian.
It was extremely tasty 🙂 I think I’ll be making it for the next time the in-laws come round.
Hey CC.
I’m sending a virtual slice your way… It was fun to put them into the pattern – quite soothing actually. Although I realised halfway through that I had my tongue stuck out of the side of my mouth like a school kid, ‘cos I was concentrating so hard!
Hiya Amadan.
As it happens, I, er, ahem, bought extra strawberries just to deal with that particular problem. One for the tart, one for me, one for the tart…
June 24, 2008 at 9:43 am
holler
That looks lovely Jen a real taste of summer! You can have a slice of that and pretend that it is really hot and sunny outside 🙂
June 25, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Jen
Hey Holler.
It really was 🙂 Hopefully we’ll actually see a bit of the real thing sometime soon!
July 9, 2008 at 6:37 pm
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