It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a weakness for frozen custard. Although, this post is not one about making frozen custard (someday, I hope!). There’s a certain place in town called Andy’s that has a custard blended with chopped chocolate and strawberries that is one of my favorites. I quite love the combination because I am indecisive and it solves the problem of deciding between a fruit or chocolate dessert.
So, when I saw the fresh strawberries at the farmer’s market recently, I knew I had to make something with this flavor combination. I chose a galette honestly because it’s much less work than a pie. I’ve been making this particular recipe since last summer and have made a number of tweaks along the way. I do hope my friends aren’t getting sick of it by now. Something tells me they don’t mind. It’s funny that after I started making this again this year, as I was catching up on my blog reading I realized that I’m not the only one that thinks fruit, chocolate and galette really do make a good combination.
And on to the other part of this post, our very first giveaway! We’ve been meaning to do a giveaway for all you lovely readers for a while now, and we’ve finally got our act together. This give away comes from the fine folks at CSN stores. They’d love it if you’d visit their site that carries twin beds. In return for this mention, we get to giveaway this lovely Le Creuset Cherry baking dish (size 12″x9.5″) to one lucky reader. Why’d we choose this? Neither of us have this particular bakeware, but I own two Le Creuset pieces and absolutely love them.
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And the winner is…Jean Jean Vintage! Thanks so much to everyone who entered.
Strawberry Chocolate Galette
- pastry from adapted from Ina Garten
makes approx. 6-8 servings
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Ingredients
pastry
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons pure cane sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 stick very cold unsalted butter, diced
- 3-5 tablespoons ice water
- raw sugar
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ganache
- 3 oz. dark chocolate
- 2 oz. (1/4 cup) heavy cream
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filling
- 1 quart strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
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egg wash
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon water
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Directions
make the pastry
Whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Place ingredients in the refrigerator to chill. Once chilled, remove ingredients from refrigerator and add butter. Quickly cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until butter chunks are about the size of peas. Slowly mix in the ice water, being careful not to overwork the dough. Form the dough into a ball, adding a little more water if the dough is too crumbly. Once a ball is formed, flatten it to a disk. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour. If desired, chill your rolling pin at this time as well.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove the dough and place on a floured surface. Roll into approx. an 11-inch circle and transfer to the baking sheet.
make the ganache
Roughly chop chocolate and place in a bowl. In a saucepan, bring cream to a boil over medium heat. Remove cream from heat and pour over chocolate. Let stand for about 5 minutes and then stir with a whisk until smooth. Cool to room temperature. Spread ganache on pastry, about 1 inch from the edge.
make the filling
In a medium bowl, combine strawberries, lemon juice, sugar and cornstarch. Using a slotted spoon, pile strawberries into the center of the pastry. I avoid using the leftover juices because they can tend to run and make the crust soggy. Spread strawberries about a 1/2 to 1 inch from the edge of the chocolate ganache. Fold about 1 inch of edges of pastry around the filling, overlapping as needed.
finish the pastry
In a small bowl, whisk together egg and water. Using a pastry brush, apply egg wash to the surface of the pastry. Then, sprinkle raw sugar on the pastry crust.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until crust is golden yellow. I love to serve the galette warm with vanilla bean ice cream.
101 Comments
Oh man, does this look good! You can’t go wrong with chocolates & strawberries and I always like making galettes since the crust is simpler than pie.
frozen custard is a weakness of mine too, since i grew up in milwaukee. if you’re ever up there, definitely go to kopp’s! the galette looks fantastic. will have to bookmark the recipe.
cheers,
*heather*
I adore chocolate covered strawberries! This is right up my alley!
That looks so good. There is nothing better than berries and chocolate!
That galette looks amazing!! I might just have to try and make it. Thanks for the amazing giveaway as well!!
We REALLY don’t mind you tweaking your recipes many times over and trying them out on us…. never!
This sounds fabulous!! I must try it!
This looks so pretty! I’ve never tried a galette before. I think I’ll make this for Father’s Day.
Thanks for the recipe!
I adore chocolate and fruit together. My favorite desert is chocolate frozen yogurt with strawberries and coconut…..yum
I’ve actually been on this weird diet where I don’t eat fruit (or anything much beyond meat, really). It was easy in the winter, but any minute berries are going to be in season here and it’s going to go right out the window. This pie looks like the perfect culprit. God I love strawberries.
That Le Creuset, however, would be good for all sorts of delicious meaty things.
I made your recipe for Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake bars and it came out just as delicious as it appeared on this site. I can’t wait to make this Strawberry Chocolate Galette
topped with whipped cream would be perfect!
There really is no better combination than strawberries and chocolate. Mmmmm.
Mmmm strawberries + chocolate = heavenly!!
yum, that galette looks so good!!
Your galette looks fantastic!
This looks so beautiful and delicious, the only thing I love more than strawberries and chocolate is rasberries and chocolate, so you must come up with something divine with that combination!
thanks
AJ
Love the thought of chocolate and strawberries!!
This looks amazing! Glad I stopped by your website before heading to the grocer!
That looks simply delicious!
I love this recipe! It is like a healthier version of strawberry shortcake.. ok maybe not healthier… but it looks delicious none the less! I have never seen a galette with chocolate in it before, I am glad I stopped by. I will have to make this recipe!
That galette looks delicious!
I just got home from the farmers market a few hours ago
Oh, my mouth is watering right now thinking about this delicious dessert! I love the fact that it is so easy to pull together, and that it uses my favorite combo…chocolate and strawberries! Yummy~!
I was drawn to the strawberry galette, but even better Le Creuset!
looks amazing!!!
What a lovely galette! I love the flavor combination! I bet this would also be good with white chocolate and strawberries.
Le Creuset…drool!
Mmmm, galettes. They seem perfect, regardless of the filling.
I would love that dish! I have absolutely no bakeware whatsoever – I just have to borrow my mum’s!
love the colours !! I hope to win the baking dish
Awesome giveaway. I would love to be included in this giveaway
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This is perfect! I absolutely love strawberries and chocolate together! I can’t wait to make this for father’s day!
Oh man, that looks absolutely yummy! If we win, does the dessert come with it?
Thanks for the chance!
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This looks yummy. I am going to a farmer’s market today and I will definitely pick up some strawberries to give this recipe a try.
Thanks for the yummy recipe!!
Wow, Shared Sugar, the competition is stiff! Count me in, and yea, it has chocolate, right! Definitely has to be good. Besides, it looks scrumptious.
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The Strawberry Chocolate Galette looks like Heaven on a Plate!!! Yummy!
This is perfect! I’m having company over this Saturday and I’m going to give this a shot. Beautiful photographs and excellent writing, too!
Coconut, Chocolate and Pastry.. its like the perfect storm – for the tummy!
That looks soooo delicious! Now I wish it was lunch time. Lovely blog!
Thanks!
Perfect use for market strawberries! Looks fantastic.
That crust! I could just eat that alone….beautiful.
I just came across your site by “accident” I seem to think your blog called me. You Gallette is amazingly scrumptious looking, I have to make it..
Looks very yummy, I may have to try this one! Im going to the strawberry festival in Berwick Maine this weekend, Ill grab some yummy berries when Im there.
My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!
I made this this weekend for the 4th of July and it was sooooo delicious! I think I’m going to try it next time with raspberries instead of strawberries.
Susan, so glad you made this and liked it. I agree, chocolate and raspberry would be a great combination.
Thank you for this beautiful recipe.
OMG!!!! My favorite combo of flavors… Can’t wait to try this… am heading in the morning to a sale of organic strawberries and I will come home to this recipe for sure!!! Thanks for some great recipes!!!
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