Blueberry Galette

This easy yet delicious blueberry galette has a buttery, flaky pie crust loaded with blueberries and is baked to bubbling perfection.

Galettes are free-form pies that are super quick to make and can be filled with a variety of delicious fruits. This simple homemade blueberry pie is the perfect lazy dessert that is super fun to make and shape using only your hands!

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• 🌟 Why This Is The Best Recipe
• 📝 Ingredient Notes
• 👩🏼‍🍳 How to make this recipe
• 📖 Flavor Variations & Substitutions
• ❄️ Storage & Freezing
• ✨ Expert Tips To Make Blueberry Galette
• 🥣 Equipment notes
• ❓Recipe FAQ
• 🥧 More Galette And Fruit Pie Recipes
• Blueberry Galette

🌟 Why This Is The Best Recipe

1. It has the best taste and texture – This rustic blueberry galette is stuffed with natural fruit flavor and has the perfect buttery crust-to-fruit filling ratio. It's crispy yet sweet and juicy without ever being soggy.
2. It's quick & easy to make – This is a really simple galette recipe! All the ingredients are pantry basics, and there are no complex techniques used in this homemade pie.
3. It's a detailed tutorial - My easy recipe for blueberry galette is perfect for beginner bakers. What's more, once you have mastered it, you can adapt the recipe to suit you in so many ways.

📝 Ingredient Notes

For the galette crust

1. Flour - I recommend using pastry flour for this pie crust. But, feel free to use all purpose flour (or AP flour) if you can’t find pastry flour in grocery stores. Read my guide to learn more about which flour to use in baking.
2. Sugar - I add a small amount of granulated sugar as the pie crust should not be too sweet, as the juicy fruit filling brings sweetness and flavor. Read my sugar guide to learn more.
3. Salt - A small pinch of salt balances the sweetness of the fruit and also enhances all the flavors, so it is an essential ingredient.
4. Butter - I always use 82% fat-content unsalted butter in all my recipes. The butter needs to be chilled, so I recommend cutting it into cubes and placing it into the freezer for 10-15 minutes before making the blueberry galette crust.
5. Cream - Usually, pie dough recipes contain 1-2 tablespoons of ice-cold water. However, I prefer to use heavy cream instead. If you run out of cream or don´t want to use it, feel free to replace it with an equal amount of ice water.
6. Cream cheese - This is one of my secret ingredients and will provide an even flakier, tender, melt-in-your-mouth crust.  I always use Philadelphia when I use cream cheese in my recipes, but you can use any full-fat quality cream cheese.
7. Egg - The pie crust itself does not include eggs. But, before baking this easy blueberry galette, you need to egg-wash the crust so it gets that beautiful, glossy finish. There are different types of egg wash, but for this recipe, it is just egg mixed with a drop of water.

🛒 You’ll find detailed measurements for all Ingredients in the printable version of the Recipe Card at the bottom of this post

For the blueberry filling

1. Fresh blueberries -The beauty of fruit pies is that you can use so many fruits. But blueberry desserts are some of my favorites, and they work so well in this fruit galette.
2. Sugar -I don't like to overpower the natural sweetness of the fruit, so only use a little extra sugar in the filling.
3. Corn starch - Corn starch is an important ingredient. It helps to thicken the filling so it won't get overly runny, which would result in a soggy pie.
4. Almond flour - This perfectly "absorbs" the liquid from the fruit. Therefore, the filling stays juicy but doesn't cause the base of the galette to go soggy. Don't skip it!

🛒 You’ll find detailed measurements for all Ingredients in the printable version of the Recipe Card at the bottom of this post

👩🏼‍🍳 How to make this recipe

How To Make Blueberry Galette

1. Sift the flour, salt, and sugar together in a bowl, and then rub the cold butter chunks into the mixture with your fingers.
2. When the mixture reaches a sand-like consistency, add the cream cheese and cream (both should be cold).
3. Knead the mixture for a minute until the dough comes together, then form a disk and wrap it in plastic food wrap.
4. Rest the dough in the fridge for a minimum of one hour, but preferably overnight.
5. Roll the dough out into a circle on a piece of baking parchment paper. Sprinkle almond flour over the surface.
6. Mix the blueberries, sugar, and cornstarch in a bowl and place it on top of the galette pastry crust, leaving a one-inch thick margin around the edge.
7. Gently fold the edges over the filling and brush the pastry with an egg wash.
8. Place the blueberry galette in the freezer whilst preheating the oven to 200C / 392F.
9. Bake the galette for 30 minutes or until the pastry is an even golden brown color and the blueberry filling is juicy and bubbling.

💡 Top Tip: If you don't chill the dough, it will be harder to work with and the baked galette will be heavier, and less flaky. So please chill the dough for a minimum of an hour.

📖 Flavor Variations & Substitutions

This is one of my favorite blueberry galette recipes. This classic blueberry galette tastes delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a serving of whipped cream.

But there are also so many ways you can adapt this berry dessert once you have mastered it. Try adding some lemon zest or lemon juice to the fruit and spices like ground cinnamon. Or, swap out some of the fruit and add some strawberries and raspberries instead, or peaches, to make a blueberry peach galette. Sprinkle the galette with nuts or drizzle over nut butter once it is baked.

I also like to cut out smaller circles of pastry and make a mini blueberry galette as individual desserts!

If you are baking around a dietary restriction or have run out of certain ingredients, check out my substitution guides.

❄️ Storage & Freezing

Store any leftover galette in the fridge in an airtight container, and consume within 1-2 days. I do not recommend freezing the galette once it is baked.

However, you can make the dough ahead of time and then freeze the galette crust until you are ready to use it. Double-wrap it in plastic wrap and aluminum foil to prevent freezer burn.

✨ Expert Tips To Make Blueberry Galette

1. Baking is a science, so follow the recipe exactly and read all my tips and tricks.
2. The cubed butter, cream cheese, and heavy cream all need to be cold before you start your blueberry galette prep. If the dough begins to warm up or gets soft whilst you are making it, chill it for a few minutes in the freezer before continuing.
3. Don't overwork the pastry by kneading it for longer than a minute or two, and do not use a stand mixer or food processor to make it.
4. Work quickly when assembling the galette to prevent the dough from getting too warm from your hands.
5. The resting time in the fridge is a vital step to get the best galette taste and texture; don't skip it!
6. Using the thickener (corn starch) in the blueberry galette filling and sprinkling the dough with almond flour are both essential steps to avoid soggy pastry.

🥣 Equipment notes

This blueberry galette recipe is so easy and hardly uses any equipment. Here is what you will need to bake a perfect galette.

Weigh your ingredients by the gram using a Digital scale for best results. Baking is a science and requires precision, so do not rely on the cup system. Combine the pastry ingredients by hand in a mixing bowl, so not use a mixer.

Use a decent Rolling Pin to roll out the pie dough. And, rolling the dough out between two Silicone Baking Mats is a great kitchen hack as it means you don't need to use dusting flour, and you can easily transfer it onto the baking tray. Alternatively, use parchment paper.

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