My week in Kelowna with my family is slowly coming to an end. Tomorrow – just in time for Valentine’s Day – Olivia and I fly back home to Calgary. It is so refreshing though, to have a change of scenery. I try to do very little blog work and savor the moments as much as possible.
I love having more time to give Olivia my undivided attention and catch up with my parents and siblings. It also a pleasure to see them play with Olivia and just delight in the pure joy that a baby in the house brings.
We’ve also been cooking up great comfort food that I grew up with. And except for snapping the occasional Instagram shot, I didn’t even worry about how I would photograph the food and didn’t take any recipe notes. This, kind of is a vacation for me after all.
But I made you an amazing galette, before I left for my trip already. You might remember the many fruit galettes I made last year. This year I set out to make an apple galette. It took me 3 tries to get it right, but then I absolutely loved the end result.
This time I made the crust with half whole wheat flour. I really like how it underlines the rustic feel of a galette.
In the filling I used homemade apple sauce that I spiced and sweetened with maple syrup. Thinly sliced apple slices are fanned out over top and sprinkled with toasted walnuts and turbinado sugar.
I was getting ready to take pictures of the galette already, but felt like something was still missing. So I quickly stirred together a glaze to drizzle over top. I used coconut sugar that I ground into a fine powder in an electric coffee grinder (but regular icing sugar will work too).
To that I simple added a little maple syrup until it reached the right drizzling consistency.
The galette is delicious at room temperature. But I love it even more still warm from the oven with a scoop of ice cream or whipped (coconut) cream on top.
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup ice water
- ⅓ cup apple sauce (I used homemade)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup (not necessary, if using sweetened apple sauce)
- ¼ teaspoon apple pie spice
- 2-3 apples
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon walnut pieces
- 1 tablespoon coarse or turbinado sugar
- 2 tablespoon powdered coconut sugar (or regular icing sugar)
- 1-2 teaspoons maple syrup
- Place whole wheat flour, all purpose flour and salt in a food processor and pulse a couple times to mix. Add cut up butter and continue pulsing until mixture has the consistency of coarse sand. (Alternatively you can use a pastry blender.)
- Slowly add ice water into the running food processor until a dough ball forms. Use only as much water as needed.
- Turn dough out onto a large piece of plastic wrap and shape into a disk. Wrap and chill for about half an hour.
- In the meantimecombine apple sauce, apple pie spice and maple syrup in a small bowl. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples and drizzle with the lemon juice.
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Sprinkle some flour onto a clean surface and on top of the chilled dough disk. Roll out to about ⅛ inch thickness. Place on a (lined) baking sheet.
- Spread apple sauce onto crust, starting about 2 inches from the edge. Arrange apple slices in a circular pattern. Sprinkles with walnut pieces and sugar and fold over the edges.
- Bake galette for 35-40 minutes until edges are golden-brown.
- Combine powdered coconut sugar with only as much maple syrup as needed to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over galette once it has cooled a bit.
I love galettes! They are so effortless (unless you’re working on a new recipe), and I love the way the look. This one is so beautiful, and the maple glaze is such a perfect finishing touch. Safe travels 🙂
I couldn’t agree more. They are my go to quick dessert when we are expecting company on short notice 🙂
A beautiful rustic galette, Regina. I love the use of applesauce here.
Thank you Angie!
Hoping you arrived home safe and sound. Happy that you had a restful and enjoyable time with family and friends. This galette looks beautifully rustic and delicious. Happy Valentine’s Day!
We did indeed, Paula. Thank you! It is great coming back relaxed and refreshed.