Rustic Strawberry Cottage Cheese Galette
This simple strawberry galette has a flaky, slightly salty cottage cheese dough and a fresh strawberry filling thickened with cornstarch. A quick dessert that looks impressive.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter cold
- ¾ cup cottage cheese well drained
- 1⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
For the filling:
- 2 heaping cups fresh strawberries hulled and halved
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons sugar
To finish:
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- In a bowl, add the flour. Take the cold butter straight from the fridge, coat it lightly in the flour, then grate it on the large holes of a box grater directly into the bowl with the flour.
- Add the baking powder, salt, sugar, cottage cheese and the egg to the bowl.
- Knead the dough with your hands until it comes together, then shape it into a ball of dough. Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for about 30 minutes.
- After the resting time, take the dough out of the fridge and place it on a sheet of parchment paper. Roll the dough out with a rolling pin into a roughly round sheet.
- Slice the strawberries in half and toss them with the sugar and cornstarch until evenly coated.
- Arrange the strawberries in the center of the rolled‑out dough, then gently fold and pleat the edges of the dough up over the fruit, leaving the middle exposed.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) for 35–40 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbly.
- Let the galette cool completely before slicing so the filling can set and not run out. Just before serving, dust the top with powdered sugar.