#apple galette

[writernopal]

🦎Galette⏳

At the request of @gummybugg, who wished to see a cooking scene from me, below the cut is a rather long excerpt (1.1k words) from "As A Stranger Or A Friend?: The Swallow And The Drowned Sailor" that entails Mariel and Axtapor making an apple galette together.

Something else to note is that the recipe for this one also made it into Axtapor & Mariel's Scrapbook, so I've included the pages for those as well, in case you'd like to take a crack at it yourselves! For some additional context, the first page was inspired by the really chaotic extant medieval recipes that had no measurements or explicit instructions for how to prepare something. They made many assumptions about the cook's skill level 😅 The second pages are the modern, legible versions of the same recipe. Fun fact, the recipe itself was developed specifically for AASOAF 2 by my other talented sister! Enjoy!

“Shall we begin?”

“Aye.”

“First, cut the apple in half.” I said, demonstrating to him with my own knife and cutting board, “Then remove the seeds like this...if you angle the knife this way, it becomes easier. Now, you try.”

He took up the knife before him and did his best to imitate my instruction. His movements were stiff and awkward, but I could see he was really trying his best.

“You’re doing well.” I encouraged him with a smile.

“Be I?” He asked with a rawness in his voice.

“Yes.” I replied brightly, “Keep going just like that. I’ll show you what comes next when you are ready.”

“Aye then.” 

He focused on his task in an overly concentrated way and still seemed rather out of sorts. Perhaps he needed to liken it to something he already knew to be more comfortable with it. 

“Perhaps, they are not apples.” I remarked softly.

He stopped and gave me a strange look.

“Perhaps they are your enemies and must be cut down.” I suggested quietly.

He continued to stare at me, seeming at a loss for words.

“Fiercely.” I added as I made the motion of swinging a sword, or rather, doing my best to imitate how I’d seen him do in the past.

He still seemed confused.

“I-It’s alright…perhaps they are just apples—”

He swung the knife down loudly and sliced the apple before him cleanly in half. “As so?”

“Y-Yes.” I replied, clutching my chest and trying to regain my composure, “V-Very good.”

He smiled, and a familiar playfulness returned to his features as he sliced another apple in half, spattering juice everywhere, including on me.

Maybe I should tell him to be more controlled with his swings, but he looked so happy that I couldn’t bear to do it. Instead, I laughed, wiped the juice from my brow, and then stepped away to let him continue. Though with my step back, he seemed to become nervous once more.

“Is something the matter?” I asked quietly.

“Just, well, am I no ready for what comes next?” He asked with an uneasy expression, “Been I wrong to ask?”

“No, there is no harm in asking.” I stood beside him again, “Would you let me show you?”

“Aye.” He said, offering me the knife carefully and taking a half step back.

I took it from him and came to stand where he had been, though before I could begin speaking or demonstrating anything to him, I felt him press up behind me and lean down to rest his head on my shoulder. He placed his hands on either side of mine, his right one taking the knife from me carefully, then waited.

“Go on. I be yer puppet.” 

“V-Very well...” 

I placed my hands atop his, guiding him to slice the apple in front of us, when his once slackened arms suddenly became taught and unyielding, stopping us rather abruptly. 

“Hold fast.” He switched the positions of our left hands, resting his over mine, “Better. Nay want ye to get sliced if’n the knife slips.”

“Th-Thank you...you are very thoughtful… Now then…” 

Between our hands, soft words, and gentle motions, we managed to slice all of the apples, and with his newfound confidence, he also helped prepare the dough and volunteered to arrange the apples within it. His eagerness to place it in the oven might rival that of a child’s, and while it made me quite happy to see him flourish this way, it also made me profoundly sad. How many times had he been crushed in the past for his true nature to be so difficult to uncover? And more importantly, how could it be so invisible to those around him when I could so plainly see it? I didn’t know, but I hoped that he would never feel the need to obscure himself with me. 

“In it be.” He declared as he placed the galette in the oven, “How long do we have ‘fore it be done?”

“About thirty minutes.” I replied as I removed my apron and flipped the sandglass beside the oven.

“Be ye in the mood then?” He asked as he tossed his apron aside and produced a deck of cards from his pocket.

“Yes!” I replied eagerly.

He chuckled and began to shuffle them in his hands. “Will ye best me this time?”

“Doubtful.” I replied, coming to stand across the table from him.

He set down the pile and drew his hand from the top. “Time’s passed, thin’s change.”

“Yes but not so much...” I replied with a resigned sigh upon seeing my hand.

“Oh aye, ‘haps no.” He teased with a smug look on his face.

As predicted, I lost every game we played, but I didn’t care so much. I wouldn’t mind losing at cards for the rest of my life so long as I got to play against him. I pulled another hand and caught a glimpse of the expired sandglass.

“The galette!” I exclaimed, as I gasped and dropped my cards. 

I only hoped that it was not burned! I frantically searched for a cloth to shield my hands from the heat to fetch it but couldn’t seem to find anything to use.

“Keep yer head on true. Time nay been gone so soon.” He said as he gently brushed past me with a folded linen in his hands.

“H-How do you know?”

“Been sixty tail swin’s since we put it in.” He explained plainly.

“What?”

“On the Lyre, we swin’ our tails to tell the time as so. Must learn to count it right, Phaxix nay be patient.” He elaborated as he reached into the oven.

“O-Oh...I see.” I replied awkwardly as I watched him pull out the finished pie.

Though I had to admit that I was impressed. How could he count time and win several games of cards at once?

He grimaced in a pleased way as he demonstrated it to me. “Look at that. Be fine work of yers.”

“Yours too. It’s lovely.” I said with a smile.

He set it down on the worktable with a chuckle and then simply admired it there with me.

It was not as neat as one from a bakery or shop, and the apples were sliced unevenly, but the smell and color were perfect. And its lack of polish spoke to the tenderness between us as we crafted it, making it far more beautiful than it otherwise might have been. Until now, we’d had plenty of practice being confused, disjointed, uninformed, ill-equipped, angry, dejected, and misled when it regarded our odd relationship. We only recently made acquaintance with honesty and, even more recently still, compassion. Locked there in the crust was evidence of all those things, and I was suddenly glad he could not help himself in coming here.

Credits Authored By: N. Opal Recipe Developed By: The Secret Second Sister Illustrated and Designed By: @illjustpretend

Access Axtapor & Mariel's Scrapbook here (my website link). Note, contains spoilers for AASOAF 2.

#aasoaf #aasoaf 2 #aasoaf 2's maiden voyage #axtapor #mariel #apple galette #my writing #not my art

[hermeticbridgetroll]

Made a tiny apple galette from left over pie dough. I used 1/2 an apple, a hand full of walnuts, a dollop of butter, 1tbsp of raisins, a dash of cinnamon, 2-3 tbsp sugar, freshly grated ginger & a sprinkling of orange zest.

#baking #apple pie #galette #apple galette #gluten free #november #walnuts #raisins #cinnamon #apples #apple #cottagecore #grandmacore #recipes #fall recipes #autumn recipes

[missiemoosie]

100% from scratch caramel apple pie and an apple galette made with store-bought crust. This was my first time making pie crust and.. it really shows 😅

#baking #baking from scratch #caramel apple pie #apple galette #i tried to upload these from my phone 3 times but tumblr mobile refused

[cookitrealgood]

Really quite simple. The pastry is straightforward and turned out great:

Jacques Pépin's Apple Galette 

Yields 6 servings

Pâte Brisée

Yield: Enough pastry for one 14 by 16-inch crust

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (measured by dipping the measuring cup into the flour, filling it, and leveling it off with your hand) ½ cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into thin slices ¼ teaspoon salt 1/3 to 1/2 cup very cold water

Filling:

5 large Golden Delicious apples (2 pounds) ¼ cup sugar 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 4 tablespoons apricot preserves 1 tablespoon Calvados or Cognac (optional)

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

For the pâte brisée:

To mix by hand, put the flour, butter, and salt in a large bowl, and mix them together very lightly with your fingertips, so that small pieces of butter remain visible throughout the dough. Add the cold water, and mix it in quickly with your hands, stopping as soon as the dough coheres. Gather the dough into a ball; the pieces of butter should still be visible. Refrigerate the dough, wrapped well, for 1 or 2 hours, or use it right away. (If using it immediately, the butter will be soft, so you may need a little extra flour in the rolling process to absorb it.)

To mix by food processor, put the flour, butter, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Process for about 5 seconds. The butter should still be in pieces. Add the cold water, and process for about 5 seconds more, just until the dough starts gathering together. The little pieces of butter should still be visible in the dough. Remove the dough from the food processor, and gather it into a ball. Refrigerate, or use right away.

On a lightly floured surface, roll the pate brisée until the dough measures approximately 14 by 16 inches and is 1/16 to 1/8 inch thick. Using a rolling pin, transfer it to a cookie sheet of approximately the same size as the dough rectangle.

Peel and cut the apples in half lengthwise, core them, and, placing each apple half flat side down on a cutting board, cut it into 1/4-inch slices. Set aside the large center slices of about the same size, and chop the end slices coarsely. Sprinkle the chopped apple over the dough. Then, beginning about 1 1/2 inches from the dough edge and working inward, arrange the apple slices on top of the chopped apple, staggering and overlapping the slices so they resemble the petals of a flower.

Cover the dough (except for the border) completely with a single layer of apple slices, arranging smaller slices in the center so they imitate the heart of a flower. Carefully lift the border or dough, and fold it over the apples at the edge. Sprinkle the apples with the sugar, dot them with the 3 tablespoons of butter, and bake the galette in the preheated 400-degree oven for 65 to 75 minutes, until it is very brown and crusty.

Slide the galette onto a cutting board. In a small bowl, mix the apricot preserves with the Calvados or Cognac (or, if you prefer not to use spirits, add 1 tablespoon of water instead). With the back of a spoon, carefully spread the preserve mixture on the galette, lightly coating the crust edge as well, if you like.

Serve the galette lukewarm, cut into wedges.

#dessert #apple galette #apple #jacques pepin

[doctordaemon]

have just made apple almond galette from scratch

including pastry

am baking goddess

#baking #apple season #apple galette

[wallpaperanime]

Recipe for Favorite Apple Galette This rustic, easy apple galette has a delicious buttery crust and is bursting with apple goodness!

#family favorite #peaches #apple galette #pastry #pastry dough #apples

[lustingfood]

Salted Caramel Apple Galette (x)

#food #salted caramel #apple #apples #galette #dessert #pastry #apple galettte #food porn #gifset #gif #food gif #mine #ice cream

[fullcravings]

Easy Salted Caramel Apple Galette

#easy #salted caramel #apple #galette #appla #food #caramel #pastry #fruit #autumn #cinnamon #dessert #recipe #sallysbakingaddiction

[fattributes]

Spiced Apple Galette with Caramel Cream Cheese

#food #recipe #dessert #galette #apple #pastry #caramel #cream cheese #cheese #cinnamon #nutmeg #ice cream #brown sugar #walnut #vanilla #baking #vegetarian

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

Salted Caramel Apple Galette - Fresh Bean Bakery

#galette #desserts #pie #salted caramel #salted caramel apple galette #apple pie #apple recipes #recipes #food photography

[morethansalad]

Achaari Mushroom Galette (Vegan)

#vegan #appetizer #pastry #galette #mushrooms #ginger #garlic #onion #fennel seeds #cumin #fenugreek #mustard seeds #nigella seeds #vegan butter #apple cider vinegar #coconut sugar #sea salt #cilantro #🤎

[nomsandtreats]

sugaretal: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjC-m_2vV-Y/

#tarts #galette #apple tart #dessert #baking #apples #sweet #sugaretal

[our-hands-mean-death]

oops my hand slipped

shanah tovah u'metuka!

#steddy hands #steddyhands #i will die on my little jewish!izzy jewish!ed hill #and i think stede would go all out for his boyfriends but i can't draw a pretty apple galette #or really draw at all idk whatever #so here we are #ofmd fanart #my art #jewish!izzy #jewish!blackbeard

[littlelarajean]

Savory galette:

Crust:

1 stick of butter cold

1 and 1/3 cup flour, I did half and half regular and whole grain

Water, cold, about 1/3 cup

Filling:

1 large onion

2 medium apples

Ham, like 4-5 slices

5 ish green onions

1 tsp curry powder

Salt and pepper to taste

Cheddar or smoked Gouda

1 egg

Mix all crust ingredients with a pastry cutter or fork, adding water gradually until it’s mixed but still a little crumbly. Roll until large enough to over fill a standard pie dish.

Grease pie dish with olive oil, lay crust inside, leaving plenty to fold over the filling.

Chop onion into 1 inch strips and sauté in butter until brown. Place in crust, then layer on apples. Apples can just be sliced or diced, your pick! Sprinkle spices next, then ham (cubed small) and green onion (chopped small). Cheese goes on top.

Fold over the edges of the crust, brush them with egg, and you can sprinkle onion powder or garlic to flavor the crust if you want.

Oven at 375F, bake 40-50 mins. Enjoy!

#food #savory galette #galette #apple

[everyveganrecipe]

🍎 Apple Galette Recipe - easy to make, impossible to fail, and takes half the time to make compared to an apple pie! 🤤 It's rustic-looking but tastes just like apple pie. 🥧

#baked apple #apple pie #apple #red apple #pear #vegan desserts #dessert recipes #desserts #dessert #galette #pie #rustic #homemade #country #homecooking #homekitchen #vegan #veganrecipe #veganrecipes #vegan recipe #vegan recipes #plantbasedrecipes #plant based recipes #plantbased #plant based #plantbasedfood #plantbasedrecipe #plantbased recipes #plantbased recipe #vegandessert

[fullmetalwindbreaker]

todays dinner is smashed arancini, pork belly lardons tossed in buffalo sauce, topped with pickled peppers and basil infused olive oil, and lemon oregano vinaigrette salad

#and maybe garden salsa sunchips if i’m feeling the need for carbs #also carmelized apple and plum galette for dessert