Caramel apple galette ( Galette de manzanas con caramelo)

I love apple in all seasons!
And fortunately here there are  apples  all year round.

And love this apple galette with caramel sauce !

Source : Will cook for smiles

Ingredients

Crrust
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
3 tablespoon white granulated sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup cold butter in pieces
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Filling

3 medium apples (fuji or granny smith)
1/2 cup caramel sauce
(recipe below)
about 2 more tabsp of caramel for drizzle
1 egg yolk with splash of water for eggwash



Method

Preheat the oven to 180°c (360 F)
Line baking sheet with parchmente paper and lightly grease it.
Combine flour. sugar,  in a bowl .Chop cold butter into
small pieces and add it to flour.
Start mixing on slow until it looks like coarse crumbs. Add cold water and keep mixing until dough comes together. Transfer onto a work surface and knead a few times.
Cover  and put in the refrigerator about 30 minutes.

Peel core and slices apples thin.
Roll out the dough into a circle, Carefully roll into a lookse tube and place it on the greased parchment paper and carefully unroll it back out.
Spread caramel all over the dough leaving a little space uncovered around  the edges.

Lay out apple slices to form a spiral, leaving about  a space to dough fold.
Drizzle a little more caramel over apples.
Fold edges of the dough up, over the apples all around the circle.
Whisk egg yolk with some water and brush the outer edges of the dough.
Bake for 35 minutes or until apples are cooked and crust is golden.

Homemade caramel 

1/2 cup of heavy cream
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 tablespoon butter

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Preheat a heavy bottom sauce pot over medium heat.
Spread sugar in the pot evenly.
When sugar begins to melt, start stirring with a wooden spoon. Keep stirring slowly as teh sugar melts and starts to turn brown.
When the sugar reached deep brown color add butter and stir constantly.
(Be careful the mixture will bubble and is hot)
When butter is melted will begin look more thicker and looks like caramel.
Take of heat. 
Slowly add heavy cream while stirring. When the mixture is smooth let it stand until cools to room temperature and settles.


Print recipe here


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