Tomato Galette
A rustic French-style tart featuring fresh heirloom tomatoes, melted cheese, and garlic on a flaky butter pastry crust. This elegant savory galette is perfect for showcasing summer tomatoes.
Ingredients
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •2¼ tsp kosher salt
- •¾ cup unsalted butter
- •1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- •1½ lb heirloom tomatoes
- •2 cloves garlic
- •4 oz firm cheese
- •1 large egg
- •to taste flaky sea salt
- •to taste black pepper
- •½ whole lemon
- •1 Tbsp chives
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Pulse 2 cups flour and 1 1/4 tsp. kosher salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining.
5 min
- 2.
Transfer mixture to a large bowl; drizzle with vinegar and 1/4 cup ice water. Mix with a fork, adding more ice water by the tablespoonful as needed, just until a shaggy dough comes together. Turn out onto a work surface and lightly knead until no dry spots remain (be careful not to overwork). Pat into a disk and wrap in plastic. Chill at least 2 hours.
120 min
- 3.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Gently toss tomatoes, garlic, and remaining 1 tsp. kosher salt in a large bowl. Let sit 5 minutes (tomatoes will start releasing some liquid). Drain tomato mixture and transfer to paper towels.
5 min
- 4.
Unwrap dough and roll out on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper to a 14" round about 1/8" thick. Transfer on parchment to a baking sheet. Scatter cheese over dough, leaving a 1 1/2" border. Arrange tomatoes and garlic over cheese. Bring edges of dough up and over filling, overlapping as needed to create about a 1 1/2" border; brush dough with egg. Sprinkle tomatoes with sea salt and pepper. Chill in freezer 10 minutes.
20 min
- 5.
Bake galette, rotating once, until crust is golden brown and cooked through, 55-65 minutes. Let cool slightly on baking sheet. Finely grate zest from lemon over galette; sprinkle with chives.
60 min
- 6.
Do Ahead: Dough can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.
