I love the rustic and free form look of a galette, it doesn’t have to be perfectly round or symmetrical, it’s stress free to make, and it always comes out looking pretty.
There’s a colorful and flavorful mix of fall veggies inside this galette, it has a combo of cauliflower, butternut squash, onion and kale, this just may become one of your favorite fall dinners!
The roasted veggies get folded into a ricotta and parmesan mixture then baked together in perfect harmony.
But can we talk about the crust now? It’s homemade, don’t use store bought please! If you have a food processor this will only take you five minutes to make, the crust is what makes this whole galette so amazing.
The hidden secret is polenta in the crust, you can also use a fine ground cornmeal as well and because of this polenta addition, it becomes a very sturdy, crunchy yet still very flaky crust, plus it holds and seals in the filling perfectly.
Feel free to play around with this recipe using different veggies of your choice, but don’t play around with the dough, trust me!
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- DOUGH (ADAPTED FROM EATING WELL)
- 1 cup of all purpose flour, I use unbleached
- ½ cup of polenta or fine yellow cornmeal
- ½ teaspoon, salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- ¼ to ⅓ cup of ice water
- a pinch of black pepper
- FILLING
- 1 cup or so each of pre-roasted cauliflower and butternut squash, or other veggies of your choice
- ¼ red onion, diced
- a handful of curly kale
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced
- a pinch of thyme
- RICOTTA MIXTURE
- 1 cup of ricotta, drained of moisture
- 2 eggs beaten, one for the filling and another for brushing dough
- ½ cup of grated parmesan or romano cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- Prepare your dough in a food processor by pulsing the flour, polenta salt and pepper together. Add the butter and process until combined. then while it's running add the ice water down the tube a little at a time until the dough starts to come together into a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for half an hour.
- Preheat oven to 400F
- For the filling, drizzle olive oil into a skillet add the onion and garlic and cook til it starts to soften an lightly brown, meanwhile toss in the chopped kale and saute til it starts to limp. Take the pan off the heat and let it cool down.
- In a bowl add ricotta, egg, grated cheese, thyme and salt and pepper to taste, mix til incorporated, then fold in the roasted veggies and the onion, garlic and kale saute.
- Remove the dough from the fridge, let it sit for 10 minutes at room temp then on a sheet of parchment roll it out to about 14 inches in diameter, don't worry if it's not perfect, just take your time. Place it onto a rimmed baking sheet.
- Spread the ricotta and veggie mixture onto the dough leaving a 2 inch border all around. Fold the edges up and pleat where needed to seal in good.
- Brush the crust with the remaining beaten egg, you won't use all of it.
- Sprinkle crust with grated cheese and ground pepper.
- Drizzle the top with olive oil.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and ricotta is set.
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This was really lovely except that the polenta made the beautiful crust gritty. It reminded me of eating sandwiches at the beach that had gotten sand in them. I certainly will make this again. I’ll try some regular cornmeal next time.
This is one of our favorites! Wow. Have made it with various veggies and it has never disappointed.
Thanks!
So happy to hear that Mary!
can I substitute spinach for the kale, I am not a fan of kale
Yes of course Liz!
I made this for a dinner party! Looked beautiful and everyone loved it….I was wondering, could this be made ahead of time and reheated??
I’ve never done that and I probably wouldn’t if I was having guests,I just worry about the crust getting soggy. If you ever have a leftover piece, I’d test it out the next day and see what happens.
This looks so good! What a great combination of flavors!
Made this today and it turned out fantastic! I used sautéed asparagus and onions along with roasted sweet potatoes. I made the dough for the crust two days ahead and prepped the veggies ahead as well so the day of my luncheon it was easy to put together. I will be making this again!
So glad you liked you liked it Andrea!
Delicious!!
Can this be served at room temperature? I’d love to take it to a picnic
Yes, for sure!Just as long as it’s not extreme heat
Hello. I wanted to come back and say how lovely a recipe this is. It was delicious! I didn’t have cauliflower so I doubled up on the squash. I also added a sprinkling of cornmeal to the parchment before rolling out the dough. I have made this twice now, the second time I added a touch of blue cheese. It’s such a great recipe for the autumn harvest! Thanks for sharing.
So glad you liked it Melanie and a touch of blue cheese sounds perfect!
Looks delish. Can’t wait for squash season….we know who the squash queen is! Let her reign begin!
Ha ha!!
looks yummy and healthy
YUM! That’s all:-)