We started eating galettes about a year ago when a friend recommended them at our local farmer's market from De Floured. We were HOOKED! Every Monday, when the weather agrees, we would ride our bikes to the farmers market and pick up a gluten-free leek and potato or tomato and feta galette for dinner that we would enjoy with a big raw salad.
Even throughout the winter when we weren't doing our weekly farmers market haul, we would drive to De Floured when we needed our galette fix because they have a store in Toronto. Side note: They also have amazing gluten-free vegan chocolate chip cookies by the way. I would link them, but they don't have a website (sorry!) but if you live in Toronto, just google them for their address.
After our 30th galette purchase I decided it was high time I figured out how the heck to make a galette myself.
I'm so glad I did because this gluten-free Kale & Sundried Tomato Galette is PURE JOY for my taste buds. I am super excited for you guys to try this one!
And, in case your wondering, Vienna thinks it's pizza, so yes she gobbled it up too!
When I was trying to figure out how to make the pastry for the galette, I thought about asking De Floured what ingredients they use but then I didn't want to be so forward, so I asked Mr. Google. Every single gluten-free recipe I came across used around the same ratio of 1.5 cups almond flour to 1/2 cup tapioca flour. Now once you review the ingredients I know you're probably going to ask me in the comments section if you can make this without eggs and butter and my answer is, I haven't tried it! But if you try it, please let me know.
Making dough requires patience, but don't let that discourage you because it's super easy. Since I personally find photos helpful, I'm going to give you the play-by-play of how to make the dough for the crust. But first, here's the recipe. Have a read and then see my photos below.
Serves 4.
Once you've got your ingredients blended into the food processor, before you add the egg it should look like this... a coarse texture.
Then once you add the egg, it starts to clump together. Then you're ready to scoop it out and roll the dough together with your hands into a ball and then flatten into a dish and refrigerate. I used Abeego beeswax wrap, but plastic wrap will do as well.
Once your dough has chilled, roll it out. You'll need a rolling pin. As I mentioned in my recipe, this is rustic, so just have fun with it. See how I have a little cracking? Don't worry about it! Perfection is for sissies hehehe.
Okay now you've got a nice rustic looking crust, add your filling ingredients.
Fold up the sides.
Brush it with egg and sprinkle with sea salt and you're off to the races! Now I cheated a bit on this recipe because I didn't saute the zucchini cause I figured it would cook in the oven, but I've added the instructions in my recipe to saute.
Now if you've got any cracking, you can easily fix it with your hands like I did.
I'm no pastry pro but someone did suggest I use an additional egg to prevent the cracking. You could try that if you like. So 3 eggs instead of 2. If you do that, would you please comment below and let me know? Thank you.
However, this galette turned out beautifully! Omg, it was damn delicious. Fulfilling, flavourful and yep, Vienna though it was pizza so it was a win for the McJordan family!! We've saved ourself some cash too by making it ourselves. I'm totally going to make a sweet galette in the summer for you guys too! I see a berry galette in my future!
This could easily serve four adults or two adults with leftovers.
We had this for dinner with a big raw salad! I didn't take a photo of the salad, but it was also delish.
Now that I've finished writing this post and inserting all the photos I feel like eating the last piece in the fridge because it's oh so good!
I hope you love it and let me know in the comments what you think.
I hope I haven't scared any non-bakers away. Trust me ladies and gents, this recipe is EASY as 1-2-3. Hopefully my photos help.
Have a joyous weekend friends!
Joy
Hi Joy, here I go with the butter question... I don't buy butter anymore but like to follow your recipes to a T so don't want to leave it out. Is there a certain type of butter you recommend for this recipe? Thanks!
ReplyHi Kate, I used grass-fed butter I bought from the health food store. However, if it's an allergy issue you could also try ghee or coconut oil. I haven't tried either though. I hope you try it out and let me know :)
Wow this looks so good! I can't wait to try it! Your photos are definitely helpful. I love that it doesn't have to be perfect because the intention is to create a rustic galette. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyHi Noor, glad to hear it helped! I always find photos help me with recipes like this. Let me know what you think if you try it. Take care!
Wondering if you think another flour (say chickpea) could work? Thanks
ReplyHi Jen, I definitely want to try it with other flours. I was actually thinking of trying it with quinoa flour. If I do, I will post about it there. I do think chickpea flour could work because it's quite a dense flour, not as dense as almond obviously but you could add an extra egg. If you try it, please let us know and post here. Thanks!
I made this both ways: with two eggs in the dough (like the suggestion made by a reader) and with one egg in the dough (as written in the recipe). I decided to go with two, but then the dough was really soft and it got me concerned so I made up a second batch with just one egg. One egg definitely works better! They both came out delicious, but the dough was so soft with two eggs, it was kind of hard to work with. I think the way the recipe was written is definitely the right way to go :)
ReplyHi Robin, thanks for testing both ways and reporting back your results. This is super helpful. Did you refrigerate or freeze the dough once it was made when you use 2 or 1 egg? I wonder if that would make a difference too. Thanks for your feedback, appreciate it!
Hmm- I only refrigerated for a little over an hour for both versions. Maybe if I had put it in the freezer, it could have been more easily molded. But honestly, both came out amazing! It’s just the original recipe was a bit easier to work with.
ReplyHey Robin! That's awesome! I actually didn't refrigerate mine when I made it (I was too eager to eat it!) and it worked that way so it looks like it can work many different ways :) I did one egg too though and used the other to brush it with and found that to be perfect! Rachel - Joyous Health Team
Hi Joy, Love you recipes! I was just wondering if you knew of any good vegan pastry recipes that may work well with this, looks delicious and would love to try and make a plant based version! Thanks, Clare
ReplyThanks Clare! I think you could try removing the egg and just adding a touch of water to add some more moisture. I've seen vegan galettes before and the formula is pretty much the same, sans the egg. The tapioca starch is what holds it together and creates some elasticity. Let me know if it works out for you!
Like the simple way you create for the galette. To be honest, I've never tried galette but if you can count you have bought 30 of them, I guess it must be really delicious xD Gotta go out and try one before making them :)
ReplyIt's kinda like a savoury pie, so if you've had a pie before, then you'll know what this one tastes like! :)
Hey Joy! Is there an alternative to almond flour? We've got a nut allergy in our house...
ReplyHi Jill!
There are alternatives, but unfortunately I haven't tried any other flours with this galette as yet so I can't really advise you with confidence what to swap in for almond flour without trying it myself. I would think you need an equally dense flour like almonds. Coconut flour would likely work but it won't be a one-to-one ratio. You'd really have to experiment. Sorry I don't have a solid answer for you.
Could arrowroot be substituted for tapioca flour
ReplyHi there, I think so because they are very similar but I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure. If you try it, please report back and let me know :) Thanks!
Yum! I'm going to give it a try. 😊
ReplyYay! Let us know what you think Janice :) Rachel - Joyous Health Team
Can you make this recipe vegan?
ReplyI think you could omit the egg and use a chia or flax egg instead but I haven't tried it so it would be an experiment. Let me know if you do try and if how it turns out!