Karen Burns-Booth

Spiced Fruit Galette

France

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Lavender & Lovage: A Culinary Notebook of Memories & Recipes From Home & Abroad
Lavender & Lovage

By Karen Burns-Booth

Published 2019

  • About

An easy, open-faced fresh fruit tart that is quick and easy to make and uses a minimum of ingredients. You can use apples, pears or a variety of plums when in season, such as Mirabelle plums, Victoria plums, damsons or greengages. This tart also works well when made with fresh figs and puff pastry.

Ingredients

  • 225 g homemade shortcrust pastry, or ready rolled shortcrust pastry
  • Apricot jam
  • 225 g

Method

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6. Grease or line a large round tray, such as a pizza tray.
  2. Roll the pastry out if using homemade to a large circle about 35cm (14”) Spread some apricot jam over the pastry leaving a border of abou