FEATURE RECIPE
Sugared apple galette

Sugared apple galette

This is based on the classic galette Perougienne. We’ve added brandy-soaked muscatels to the brioche base and topped it with paper thin discs of apple.

Serves 6

Cooking Time Prep time 20 mins, cook 25 mins (plus proving)



100 gm   dried muscatels
100 ml   brandy
7 gm   (1 sachet) dried yeast
30 gm   caster sugar
80 ml   (1/3 cup) lukewarm milk
330 gm   plain flour
2   lemons, finely grated rind only
1   egg and 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten together, at room temperature
120 gm   butter, softened
For dusting:   pure icing sugar
Sugar apple top
80 gm   crème fraîche
60 gm   butter, stored in the freezer for ½ hour
80 gm   caster sugar
1   lemon, finely grated rind only
2   Granny Smith apples, very thinly sliced


1 For brioche base, add muscatels and brandy to a small saucepan and simmer over medium heat until brandy is absorbed (4-5 minutes). Set aside and cool.
2 Combine yeast, a pinch of the caster sugar and warm milk in a bowl, stir to dissolve yeast, then set aside in a warm place until foamy (2-3 minutes). Meanwhile, combine flour, lemon rind and remaining sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook and mix to combine. With mixer on low speed, add yeast mixture, egg mixture and muscatels and mix to combine. Add butter a little at a time and beat until smooth and glossy (4-5 minutes). Transfer to a buttered bowl, turn to coat and cover with plastic wrap. Stand in a warm place until double in size (1½-2 hours).
3 Preheat oven to 200C. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to a 30cm-diameter circle. Line a buttered 27cm-diameter fluted tart pan with the dough, rolling edges in and pleating as you go, and prick within border with a fork.
4 For sugar apple top, spread crème fraîche over brioche dough within border. Coarsely grate butter and scatter two thirds over crème fraîche. Combine sugar and lemon rind in a small bowl, scatter two thirds of the sugar mixture over butter. Layer apple over sugar mixture, overlapping slices, then scatter with remaining butter and sugar mixture. Bake until golden (15-20 minutes), dust edges with icing sugar and serve immediately.


Drink Suggestion Sweet Vouvray.

RECIPE Emma Knowles PHOTOGRAPHY William Meppem STYLING Emma Knowles DRINK SUGGESTION Max Allen


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