Plum and Almond Galette

Plum and almond galette is a rustic French pastry tart, filled with soft plums and almond frangipane. Delicious served warm with ice cream.

Plum and almond galette is a rustic French tart. This fruit tart is simple to prepare and can be popped into the oven while you get on with making dinner. We serve this warm with some ice cream or double pouring cream alongside.

This simple plum and almond tart is a perfect warming dessert for a crisp Autumn day. Prepare the plum galette earlier in the day, head out for a walk and pop in the oven when you get home!

Galette differs from a fruit tart where you would line a tin with the pastry and blind bake it first. With a galette the pastry is rolled out, leaving a 2 1/2cm wide rim around the edge. The pastry is filled with a layer of the almond frangipane and topped with the plums. Next fold the pastry back over the fruit to form a crust rim.

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Plums are a delicious fruit and when baked in a tart like this they are really flavourful
• A galette is a forgiving dessert as there is no need to finesse the tart.
• In fact do not worry about trimming the pastry, in fact it looks better when the edges have a roughness to them.
• This dessert is quick to prepare, however does benefit from from being placed in the fridge for 20 minutes to allow the filling to set before baking.

How to make plum and almond galette

Detailed instructions can be found in the recipe card below.

• Place the ingredients for the pastry into a food processor or stand mixer and mix to form a ball of dough.

• Roll the dough into a ball and flatten. Cover in clingfilm and place in the fridge to chill.

• Meanwhile place the ingredients for the almond frangipane into a mixer and beat together to form a smooth paste like filling.
• No need to wash the bowl, just carry on from the dough.

• When ready to bake, roll out the pastry to 1/2cm thickness.
• Next spread on the almond frangipane, taking care to leave a good 2 1/2cm pastry rim around the edge to allow you to fold over the pastry.

• Arrange the plums on top of the frangipane in a fan shape.

• Fold the pastry edge back over the top of the fruit.
• Fold a little at a time taking care not to leave any gaps for the fruit juice and frangipane to escape.

• Brush the edges of the pastry with a beaten egg.

• Sprinkle over the demerara sugar and flaked almond.
• At this stage it is a good idea to place the galette back in the fridge to allow the filling to set for 20 minutes. When ready place in the oven to bake.

Recipe ingredients

Pastry

• Flour – I use both plain and wholemeal flour in the pastry case.
• Salt
• Spice – I add ground cinnamon to the pastry for extra flavour.
• Butter – use cold and cubed unsalted butter. If using salted butter omit the salt.
• Cold water

Frangipane Filling

• Butter – use unsalted butter, this time it should be at room temperature.
• Sugar – use use caster sugar to make the filling.
• Nuts: frangipane is make with ground almonds.
• Eggs – use 2 medium sized eggs.
• Almond – I add almond extract for extra flavour, but this is entirely optional.

Topping

• Plums – I use plums, which I de-stone and slice into wedges, before placing onto the frangipane filling.
• Sugar – I sprinkle some demerara sugar over the tart before baking.
• Almonds – scatter over some flaked almonds to add great texture and crunch.
• Egg – I use a beaten egg to glaze the pastry.

Recipe variations

• Fruit: I have used plums in this plum and almond galette. However, you can substitute the plums with other fruits. Apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots and cherries would all work beautifully in place of plums.
• Spice: If you wanted to add a little warming spice to the plums, mix 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon in with the demerara sugar and sprinkle over the top of the galette.
• Glaze: If you want you can brush the top of the plum and almond galette with a little watered down jam or jelly to add a nice glaze. However, this step is not essential.

Serving suggestion

Plum and almond galette is delicious served warm, making it an ideal dessert to serve for a Sunday lunch. Serve is still warm with a scoop of vanilla or dairy ice cream or pour over some double cream or whipped cream. I don’t tend to add flavoured ice-cream as it detracts from the flavour of the fruits.

However, you can also enjoy this galette cold as a delicious afternoon tea treat.

To make individual servings

Planning a dinner party? Then we recommend making individual plum and almond galettes. Make the same quantity of dough and filling, however, separate it out into individual sized portions.

Individual galettes can be made up earlier in the day and kept in the fridge until ready to bake. However, we do not recommend making a day ahead as the fruit juices will bleed into the frangipane mixture. Cooking times should be adjusted down for smaller galettes.

Recipe hints & tips

1. Don’t overwork the pastry or you will end up with tough pastry.
2. Once assembled, and before baking place the galette into the fridge for 20-30 minutes to allow the filling to set before baking.
3. Gluten free alternative: for coeliacs or anyone following a gluten free diet, swap my homemade pastry with a store bought roll of gluten free shortcrust pastry.
4. Allergy advice: For comprehensive and detailed allergy advice go to Allergy UK.

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Additional recipe suggestions

If you enjoyed our plum & almond galette then try some of our other seasonal bakes:

• Spiced Apple Cake
• Peach & Raspberry Crumble
• Eve’s Pudding
• Pumpkin Cake
• Apple & Cinnamon Scones
• Pumpkin & Chocolate Muffins
• Pumpkin Spiced Scones
• Sticky Gingerbread Bundt Cake

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