Bastille Day Apple Galettes

It is July 14 - Happy Bastille Day! 🇫🇷 I take celebrations wherever I can find them these days!

Today marks the storming of The Bastille which was a turning point in the French Revolution. Vive La France and all French food! A galette is an easy thing to make - it is a puff pastry creation cooked somewhat as an open-faced tart with something yummy inside. And for this, I did not make the pastry - it is mid-summer and who needs to spend more time in the kitchen - frozen puff pastry is just perfect. :)

serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator

• 3 Granny Smith apples

• 1/3 cup sugar

• 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, small-diced

• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line sheet pan with parchment paper.

• Unfold the sheet of puff pastry and cut sheet into quarters. Place the pastry pieces on the prepared sheet pan and refrigerate while you prepare the apples.

• Peel the apples and cut them in half through the stems. Remove the stems and cores with a sharp knife and a melon baler. Slice the apples crosswise in 1/4-inch-thick slices. Place overlapping slices of apples diagonally across each piece of pastry and place a slice of apple on each side. Sprinkle the sugar over all the pastry pieces and dot with the butter.

• Bake for 35 minutes, until the pastry is browned and the edges of the apples start to brown. Rotate the pan once during cooking. If the pastry puffs up in one area, cut a little slit with a knife to let the air out. The apple juices will burn in the pan but the galettes will be fine! Loosen the galettes with a metal spatula so they don't stick to the paper. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Allow to cool and serve warm or at room temperature.