Strawberry and nut galette is crusty rounds of biscuit topped with layers of strawberry and whip cream. It is easy to make and an excellent recipe to impress your dinner guests. Galette is a French term meaning flat cakes which can be filled with sweets or savoury toppings.
Ingredients - Galette
6oz. (175gm) margarine or butter
6oz. (175gm) wheat flour
4oz. (100gm) sugar
4oz. (100gm) chopped nuts (you may use cashew, hazel or pistachio according to your preference)
Ingredients - Filling
11oz. (300gm) whip cream
2oz. (50gm) Icing sugar
11oz. (300gm) fresh strawberries
Recipe - Galette
Beat the margarine or butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Fold in the flour. Knead until smooth and chill for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into 3 equal size balls and roll out each into a 5 inch diameter circle. Transfer them to buttered baking trays and press the chopped nuts onto the dough slightly to prevent them falling. Bake in the oven at 180C for 20 minutes and let them cool.
Recipe – Filling
Pour the whip cream onto a metal bowl. Place the metal bowl on top of a bowl full of ice. Beat them up and add icing sugar gradually, until it thickens and stands in soft peaks.
Slice about 5-6 strawberries half wise and keep aside for the top decorations.
Slice the rest of the strawberries and place them on top of the 2 Galette. Pipe the whip cream on top of strawberries and sandwich together. Place the third galette on top and pipe the cream and decorate as shown.
Note: If you are not used to using piping bag you can pour the cream on top and decorate as shown.
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