Raspberry Galettes

Recipe Ingredients

		Cookies
1 1/3 cups	83g / 2.9oz	Unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Powdered sugar - plus
1 tablespoon	15ml	Powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon	3.8ml	Aniseed - chopped
1		Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Unsalted butter - (1 stick) - room temperature
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Egg yolk (large)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Vanilla extract
1		Egg - beaten to blend
		Sauce
2 cups	474ml	Frozen whole unsweetened raspberries - (abt 8 oz), thawed
3 tablespoons	45ml	Honey, preferably orange flavored
		= (or other fruit flavored)
		Filling
1 cup	237ml	Creme fraiche or whipping cream
3 tablespoons	45ml	Honey, preferably orange flavored
2		Baskets raspberries - (1/2 pint ea)
		= (or a 1-pint basket strawberries, sliced
		Powdered sugar
		Fresh mint leaves

Recipe Instructions

For Cookies: Combine flour, sugar, aniseed and salt in bowl of heavy-duty mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Add butter, yolk and vanilla and mix at low speed until coarse meal forms. Knead dough into smooth ball. Flatten to disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 40 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to scant 1/8-inch thickness. Using 3 1/2-inch fluted cutter, cut dough into rounds. Transfer rounds to heavy large cookie sheets, spacing evenly. Gather dough scraps. Repeat rolling and cutting until all dough is used, chilling dough briefly if soft.

Brush cookies with beaten egg. Bake until light golden, about 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack to cool. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Store cookies in airtight container.)

For Sauce: Puree raspberries and honey in blender. Strain. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

For Filling: Beat creme fraiche and honey in chilled medium bowl until stiff peaks form. Transfer filling to pastry bag fitted with 3/8-inch (no. 3) star tip.

Place 1 cookie on flat surface. Pipe filling in small stars over cookie. Place 1 layer of raspberries atop stars. Top with second cookie. Pipe filling in small stars over second cookie. Place layer of raspberries atop stars. Top with third cookie. Sift powdered sugar over. Place 1 raspberry in center.

Repeat layering of cookies, filling and berries to make 3 more desserts. Spoon sauce onto plates. Transfer 1 galette to center of each plate. Garnish with mint leaves and serve.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, May 1991

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