Just a simple, honest, rustic Peach Galette recipe, with fresh yellow peaches and a buttery crust. A perfect home-style summer dessert.
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]each season is in full swing here in Niagara. All the roadside farmers’ stands are overflowing with sweet and juicy tree-ripened peaches – a real feast for the eyes, and our stomachs! And I just can’t wait for the Niagara Peach Festival Celebrations happening in two weeks. The whole town will gather to celebrate the Peach Harvest and the local growers – the kind of event right up my alley. The Niagara escarpment surely deserves its prime Peach Country fame.
So last weekend, I grabbed a big basket of these fuzzy beauties and baked one of my favorite summer desserts: a Peach Galette. I just love a simple Peach Galette, because it doesn’t need to be fancy… It doesn’t need to look pretty… But it always tastes like summer, and feels like home!
Here’s just a simple, honest, rustic Peach Galette recipe, with fresh yellow peaches tossed with a tiny bit of sugar and vanilla. The great thing is that you don’t really need much added sugar when the peaches are in season. But feel free to play around with it a bit if you want. You could opt for rum or brandy extract if you prefer, in place of the vanilla – or toss in a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg.This time, I chose to simply lay the peaches on the crust, and left them just like that. I really wanted to highlight the beauty of these Niagara Peaches. But sometimes, I like to add a thin layer of almond butter at the bottom of the pastry before I lay the peaches on. Simply delicious.
If you like your galette on the crunchy side, add granola at the bottom of the pastry before you lay the filling. The granola will absorb all the juices of the peaches and the pastry won’t get mushy. And you will have that lovely crunchiness on the edges as well.You can also add blueberries into the mix; they work wonderfully alongside peaches. Enjoy it warm or cold, with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, and there you have a perfect home-style summer dessert.
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6 comments
I made my first galette this summer and fell in love!! I used blueberries, but would love to try peach before peach season is over. This one is gorgeous!
Once you make your first galette, you just can’t stop yourself from making more ! It’s just so easy and versatile, the possibilities are endless, and it’s so delicious. Thanks for your kind words Megan !
That is one good looking galette, i’d love a slice !
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Hello!
I’m excited to make this galette.
Just a quick question. We have two disks of dough. Do I use one disk to make the galette?
Yes, one disk should be enough. If needed, use a rolling pin to spread it out to 11 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick.