With just the perfect ratio of crust to fruit filling, these mini Cherry Plum Galettes are both delicious and beautiful.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Fruit marinade & Crust chill time 1 hourhour
Total Time 2 hourshours
Servings 8
Author JoElle
Ingredients
PIE CRUST - Chose one of these two options
2sheetspre-made pie crust
1Pie CrustRecipe following Simply Recipes, No-Fail Sour Cream Pie Crust by Elise Bauer
EGG WASH FOR CRUST
1Egg, beaten
1tspCream
1TBSPCourse or Raw sugar for sprinkling over egg washed crust.
CHERRY PLUM FILLING (Inspired by Simply Recipe's Plum Galette Recipe)
1poundVerry Cherry Plums, pitted and sliced
4TBSPSSugar
1pinchGround Cinnamon
1 pinchGround Cardamom
1TBSPGrand Marnier, Cointreau or other orange-flavored liquor
1/2tspLemon juice
2TBSPSFlour for thickening
FRESH HONEY WHIP CREAM
1/2pintHeavy Whipping Cream
1/2tspvanilla extract
1TBSPHoney
BRITTLED ALMONDS
1/2cupSliced almonds
1tspButter
1-2tspsBrown sugar
Instructions
FILLING
Cut each Verry Cherry Plum into about 6 slices, be careful of the pit
In a bowl, gently mix the cherry plum slices plus all the FILLING ingredients through the orange liquer.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour. Use this time to make your pie dough (if making from scratch), which also needs to chill for one hour.
After marinating the cherry plums, drain about half the liquid off.
Add the lemon juice and flour and gently stir.
PIE CRUST
Follow all the steps for Simply Recipe's Sour Cream Pie Crust (link under recipe notes), OR
Let pre-made pie crust sit out for a bit so it can be unfolded without breaking
ASSEMBLY OF GALETTES
Find a bowl, lid or make a circle template that is 5.5" across
Place the circle template on your rolled out pie crust and cut eight independent 5.5" circles. Make sure you are working on a well-floured surface and that your crust is about 1/8" thick.
Place each crust circle into a muffin pan (if not using a silicone flexipan, make sure to lightly grease your muffin tin). Gently press the dough down into the muffin hole.
Fill each crust with 1/8th of the cherry plum filling.
Fold and tuck crust over the filling so that the pie filling still shows in the middle, see picture.
brush crusts with egg wash and sprinkle with course or raw sugar
BAKING @ 375 Degrees (f)
Bake on the middle rack for 30 minutes.
Let cool completely if adding whipped cream. Eat warm if topping with ice cream.
BRITTLED SLICED ALMONDS
Melt the butter in a non-stick skillet
Add the sliced almonds and sprinkle the brown sugar over them
Cook on medium low heat until nicely browned and fragrant, stirring often.
Let cool completely. Break up any chunks.
FRESH HONEY WHIP CREAM
Pour heavy whipping cream into a medium metal bowl
Mix with a hand mixer until you begin to see soft peaks forming
Add the vanilla and honey
Continue to mix JUST UNTIL you have stiff peaks. Watch closely, it can turn from stiff peaks to curdled cream within seconds.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
Add a dollop of whipped cream to the middle section of each cooled galette
Sprinkle whipped cream with Brittled Almonds and serve
Alternative is to serve cherry plum galette's warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Top with Brittled Almonds
Can refrigerate finished Verry Cherry Plum Galettes for up to 48 hours.
Notes
Here is the link to the Sour Cream Pie Crust from Simply Recipes. This is such a fantastic pie crust ~ I highly recommend it. If you want to use a pre-made crust, try Trader Joe's Pie Crust sheets. They are a great option for saving time.