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This galette dough is perfectly flaky, with a bit of whole wheat flour for an added nutty flavor. It’s a go to for both sweet and savory galettes!
Here’s our go-to recipe for galette dough. A galette is a free form pie, which can be made of the either sweet or savory variety. Why do we love them? Well, a galette much simpler to make than the preciseness of a pie! You simply roll out the dough into a dough circle and top it: no pie pan or crimping required! This galette dough is perfectly flaky, with a bit of whole wheat flour for some added flavor. Here’s how to make it!
How to make galette dough
Galette dough is essentially a pie dough: the ingredients for this one are simply flour, butter, egg yolk, vinegar, and salt. This galette dough has a bit of whole wheat flour to add flavor. Does that make it healthy? Honestly, not really: there’s only a ½ cup of the whole wheat flour, so it’s not adding many nutrients compared to the 1 ½ cups all purpose flour. But we love the flavor that it brings. If you prefer a pie crust with a little rye flour, try our Rye Pie Crust recipe.
How to make galette dough? Here are the main steps:
- In a stand mixer, mix the flour and salt; gradually add the butter. (Alternatively, you can use a pastry cutter to mix by hand.)
- Add the egg yolk, vinegar, and ice water and continue to mix until the dough comes together.
- Divide the dough into two, wrap in plastic wrap or a sealed container, and chill for 30 minutes. Use the dough right away, or you can freeze it for later use.
Serving this galette dough
Galettes are fun to make because they’re so easy: simply form the dough into a circle, top, and bake! You don’t have to worry about transferring it to a pie pan or crimping the edges. If you’re looking for that sort of pie, though, head to How to Make Pie Crust From Scratch. We’ve used this galette dough in several galettes, both sweet and savory. Here are a few that we love:
- Peach Galette
- Blueberry Galette
- Savory Tomato Galette
- Any-Fruit Galette
- Apple Galette with Pomegranate
- Chocolate Cherry Galette
If you’d like to make this into a vegan galette dough, you can substitute coconut oil for the butter. We’ve used this concept in our Vegan Pot Pie with Sage Crust: it adds a tinge of coconut flavor, but is not overwhelming! Let us know if you try it out.
This galette dough recipe is…
Vegetarian
Whole Wheat Galette Dough
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 2 doughs (1 extra can be frozen) 1x
Description
This galette dough is perfectly flaky, with a bit of whole wheat flour for an added nutty flavor. It’s a go to for both sweet and savory galettes!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
- 1 egg yolk
- ¼ teaspoon cider vinegar
- 5 tablespoons ice water
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, ½ cup whole wheat flour, and ½ teaspoon kosher salt. Turn on the stand mixer to low with the paddle attachment, and slowly add 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (cut into small chunks). Mix until the dough is crumbly with small bits of butter chunks. (Alternately, mix the butter into the dough using a pastry cutter.)
- In a small bowl, add water with several ice cubes. In another bowl, combine 1 egg yolk, ¼ teaspoon cider vinegar, and 5 tablespoons of the ice water, and whisk with a fork to combine. Turn the mixer on to low and slowly pour the liquid mixture into the stand mixer until the dough comes together.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and knead once or twice until the dough is smooth. Divide the dough into two pieces, wrap in plastic wrap, and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. If only using one dough, the other can be frozen in plastic wrap for later use.
- Category: Pastry
- Method: Mixed
- Cuisine: French
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This dough is So delicious and flaky! Super easy recipe, thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Hello there couple!
I’m new to cooking and so far your blog has been hand-down my top choice on healthy, uncomplicated, delicious food.
I do have one question: i don’t have a mixer and i was wondering if this recipe would work without one.
Thank you and great job! :-)
Hi! So glad you are enjoying the site :)
You can definitely make a dough without a mixer, you can use a pastry cutter or a couple of knives to mix the butter into the flour. The key is to not overwork and knead butter into the flour the way you would for a bread or pizza dough. Here’s a vid with using a pastry cutter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCyDYYVILg