Categories: Almond meal, Baked Goods, Desserts, February2012
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup almond meal flour
- 1 Tbs unbleached white flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1/8 tsp almond extract
- 1 pkg puff pastry, thawed
- 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin
- 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 4 tsp butter, melted and divided into 4 parts
Directions
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Line baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in Almond meal and white flour. Beat in 1 egg and almond extract; set aside.
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On a lightly floured surface, roll out puff pastry to about 1/4 thickness. Using 6" pie plate cut out 4 circles of dough and transfer to prepared baking sheet. Put about 3 Tbs of almond mixture in center of each pastry round and spread out – leaving about 1/2" pastry showing.
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Beat remaining egg lightly and brush pastry edge with beaten eggs. Place apples on top of almond mixture in a spiral leaving the pastry edge showing. Mix together granulated sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly on top of apple slices. Drizzle 1 tsp of the butter on top of each galette.
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Refrigerate galettes on baking sheet for 15 minutes. Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutesor until golden brown and the pastry is puffed.