Sunday, September 15, 2013

Plum Galette

Because I discovered that galettes are fun and we had a bajillion plums and my best friend's family was visiting and they love plums. Enter the plum galette. 

Crust ingredients:
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. + 1 Tbsp. Crisco
2 Tbsp. ice water
Directions:

  1. Combine flour, salt and crisco. Cut Crisco through with knife and combine with flour. Combine until Crisco is combined with flour mixture. Add water and roll out on a flat, flour coated surface. Lay flat on parchment paper
Filling ingredients: 
1 1/2 pounds of plums
3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. water
2 Tbsp orange juice
dash of salt
3 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. melted butter
2 Tbsp. raw sugar

Directions:
  1. Quarter plums and mix with the 3/4 c. sugar, water, orange juice, salt and flour. Place in the middle of the pie crust and fold up the edges.
  2. Brush pie crust with melted butter and sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake at 400 for 45 - 50 minutes.
  3. Serve with vanilla ice cream (duh).

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