A gorgeous strawberry basil galette with homemade whipped cream on top. Flaky homemade pie crust really is the secret to this mouth watering galette.
What is a strawberry galette?
Basically a galette is a flat, messy edged pastry.
There's a lot of room for error, you really can't mess it up which means it's so easy to make!
How stress free is that?
You start with rolled out pie crust, add the strawberry filling and fold up the edges until you get back to where you started folding. Bake and your done!
I love strawberry and basil together. Do you?
It has such a gorgeous fresh taste and this is the perfect thing to make when you need something quick but also want it to be pretty.
And absolutely perfect for summer.
So, break out the last of those strawberries (or maybe even whatever fruit you have lying around), a handful of basil and whip this up in just around 30 minutes.
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Strawberry Basil Galette
A gorgeous strawberry basil galette with homemade whipped cream on top. Flaky homemade pie crust really is the secret to this mouth watering galette.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs strawberries, cut in half
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- fresh basil leaves
- 8 oz heavy whipping cream
- pinch or two of sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
crust
- 1 ½ c flour
- 1 stick butter, 8 tbsp, cold and cut into small cubes
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ c ice cold water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Toss together the strawberries, sugar and water
- Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder
- To this add the butter and cut it into the flour with a fork or pastry cutter until pea sized bits are left
- Add the ½ c ice cold water and gently mix until you form a ball
- Roll it out to a flat circle, it doesn't need to be perfect and transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Add the strawberries to the middle of the pie crust
- Fold the edges all the way around leaving an open space in the center
- Brush the edges of the pie crust with some heavy cream
- Bake for 20-25 minutes
- Beat together the heavy whipping cream, vanilla and a few pinches of sugar until it thickens and forms stiff peaks
- Let the galette cool slightly and top with fresh basil leaves and the whipped cream
Notes
If you want even more color broil for 1 minute before removing from the oven
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Steven
Simple and fast, mine is in the oven as I write this... Wish me luck?
Cindy
This recipe looks amazing!!
Today as I’m putting it together, I noticed a couple of instructions that are kind of vague. For example, what size baking sheet do I use and how large do I roll out the dough?
I didn’t really think about it until I already had the crust on the baking sheet and some of the fruit on top. I wasn’t able to move it to a bigger sheet pan then to accommodate all the fruit.
But anyway, I just took it out of the oven and it looks delish! I did bake it longer than suggested because I felt the dough was thick and would need that extra time to get done.
Thanks for the great recipe! Can’t wait to taste it?
Tara Moore
Hi Cindy! Thanks for the questions, it's meant to be vague. It's more of a guideline type of recipe than a structured one. You can make it as thin or as thick as you want, any pan will do. For me, I usually just roll it out on a piece of parchment paper then transfer to a flat cookie sheet, fill and fold 🙂
Cindy
Ok! Lol! I kinda figured:) I’m not very good at improving but this recipe is definitely fail proof!!
Loved it!
Tara Moore
I'm sure you did great! Sometimes it's just about eyeing it. I hope you'll try some others! The zuppa toscana and beef stroganoff are my most popular ones and they both have a video how to 🙂 Thanks Cindy!