Strawberry and Rhubarb Galette

Elena Butuc

Do not be afraid of the rhubarb in this recipe, you can skip it if you can't find it, you'll still have a delicious and savory strawberry galette. I like a lot this quick homemade cake, kind of rustic, the effort is little and the result is tasty and nice. In the summer, you can improvise and use any other fruit you like.

Here, the rhubarb balances the strawberry flavour, adding a bit of sour taste, and the pectin contained in it thickens the filling so that it stays firm.

I discovered rhubarb 3 years ago and since then I've combined it with strawberries, first in the strawberry and rhubarb jam, then in various cakes with strawberry fillings. I'd say that rhubarb is the perfect match for strawberries and the fact that they are both harvested at the same time of the year is not by accident. If you don't have rhubarb in the garden, you can find it now in the big stores, so don't be afraid of it and use it!

For the vegetarian version, you can make the dough from the fruit galette recipe, the one with oil, which you can find on my website. It must be as good as this.

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Ingredients

Metric US

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White flour

195 g

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Butter

100 g

cold, straight from the fridge

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Water

50 ml

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Salt

0.25 tsp

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Sugar

100 g

plus 1 tbsp in the dough

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Strawberries

300 g

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Rhubarb

300 g

or more strawberries and les rhubarb, or only strawberries if you don't have rhubarb, but make sure you have the right amount

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Corn starch

2 tbsp

you can replace with white flour

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Semolina

3 tbsp

or breadcrumbs

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Egg

1 piece

optional

Step by step

Step 1

I like to prepare this tart-like dough in a food processor, using the S-Blade, but it can also be made by hand. In the food processor I place all the ingredients - flour, salt, butter, water, 1 tbsp sugar and mix for 20-30 seconds.

By hand - mix well the butter with the flour, salt, 1 tbsp sugar, then add in the water and form the dough.