There is hardly a better way to celebrate fall than with colorful roasted vegetables. And if you put them on a flaky pie crust filled with a layer of blue cheese and cream cheese filling - mmmmm - you will get a delicious roasted vegetable galette. So delicious, in fact, that I made it twice in a row and this recipe definitely goes into my collection of great recipes forever to keep.
While you can totally get away with using store-bought pie crust dough, I encourage you to make your own. With a food processor, it literally takes 5 minutes to make. If you don't have a food processor, use a stand mixer or a hand mixer - I've used those until recently when I got my food processor. The pie crust recipe I included here is my favorite and is so good that I promise you, you will be making it again and again.
You may be tempted to bake you galette on the top rack to get better color and crispiness - don't! This will make some veggies a little too dry and tough. So, bake on the rack positioned at the bottom of the stove.
The recipe was inspired by and partly based on the recipe published in the November-December 2017 printed edition of Louisiana Cookin' magazine.
Ingredients
For the pie pastry:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup 227 g cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- ¼ cup ice water
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- 1 egg yolk plus 1 tsp milk whisked, for brushing
For the filling:
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- 3 ounces cream cheese softened
- 3 Tbsp crumbled blue cheese
- 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
For the veggetable layer:
- 1 small sweet potato peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick (you can use a combination of orange and white flesh sweet potatoes)
- 1/4 peeled butternut squash thin end, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1 small red beet peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1 small carrot regular of heirloom with different colors, peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 2 Tbsp crumbled blue cheese
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
For drizzling:
- 1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- To make the pie crust dough, in a food processor, pulse the flour and the salt for 2 seconds. Add the butter and pulse a few times until the butter is the size of peas. Add the water and vinegar and pulse a few more times. The dough will look like a pile of wet crumbs, it does not need to come to a ball. Remove the dough from the food processor and dump on a large piece of Saran wrap. Pick up the corners and twist tightly to make the dough form a solid ball, then press the dough into a disk. If it's still crumbly, gently press with your palms, but do it quickly, you don't want to melt the butter. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Position rack in the bottom third of oven, and preheat oven to 375F.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, vinegar and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer the onions to a bowl, add the cream cheese, blue cheese, thyme, salt, and pepper and mix well with a fork. Set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pie crust dough into a 14-inch circle. Spread the onion/cheese mixture on top of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border.
- Arrange the vegetables slices in a circle over the onion/cheese mixture, alternating between different vegetables and colors. Sprinkle blue cheese and salt over vegetables. Fold excess dough up and over the vegetables.
- Brush the dough with the egg wash.
- Bake until the vegetables are tender and the crust is golden brown, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, and chopped thyme.
- Remove the galette from oven, drizzle the oil/vinegar/thyme mixture over vegetables, slice and serve.
Orit Frankel says
Just as an additional thought: With the egg white that’s left over from brushing the dough, save it to brush onto the surface of the crust as a moisture barrier before the vegetables are dumped on.
Betsy R. says
This recipe was amazing!! We expected it to be good but were actually blown away by how delicious it was. Plan to make again soon and would absolutely recommend. The blue cheese really pulled it all together!
victor says
Glad to hear it. Enjoy!
Kelly Nevins says
I’m not a fan of blue cheese. Might this work with feta or goat cheese?
victor says
I think those will work great too.
Cheryl says
Excellent. The crust was perfect, very flaky. Lots of flavor. Will make it again. Does take a bit of time to put together!!
victor says
Yeah, some good things need some extra effort, but so worth it. Enjoy!
Roosje P says
I saw this recipe/pic and knew I had to try it. Wow! It turned out great. I tweaked the recipe just a little bit and bought a premade crust (I’ve never perfected pastry dough, but I’m trying). I also slightly pre-roasted the veggies tossed with olive oil and S&P. It’s a great starter to any meal. I enjoyed mine AS a meal with a glass of Chardonnay. I’m going to try different root vegetables next time and surprise family/friends with it. Thank you!
victor says
You are very welcome. Enjoy!
Beth says
WOW!! We are already talking about who to make it for and when. Really flavorful, nice complexity and the beautiful presentation is only a plus! Ironically I rely on reviews (which I am the second) and I leave very few. I was looking for some new ideas and this hit it out of the park!
victor says
So happy to hear it, Beth. I am glad that you liked my recipe; this one is very special for me, and my family loves it. Enjoy!
Vonnie says
Served for a family get together. Galette received rave reviews. Was a little worried when the chilled pie crust dough seemed like it was not going to roll out without cracking and crumbling, but as it warmed just a bit it rolled out perfectly. No beet lovers among my guests so substituted zucchini.
victor says
Glad to hear it, Vonnie. Not many beet lovers in my family either, I will try zucchini too. Last summer I had more zucchini than I knew what to do with, wish I had thought of your idea 😉 Enjoy!
jacqueline says
I made this recipe for my mom's Birthday back in April. AMAZING. Even the crust was fantastic. I scrapped my old crust recipe and only make this one now. Thank you Victor.
Marsha Filia says
I love this recipe and thinking about it for my daughters baby shower in a few weeks. The recipe does not call for roasting the vegetables first. But one reply mentioned doing that. Which will provide the best results? I also would like to make this the day before and heat up next day. Perhaps not baking it entirely the first time.
Pam says
Can I make this galette the day before serving? I would like to assemble the whole thing, wrap tightly and refrigerate. I am going to roast the veggies and cool before adding to the dough.
Thank you!
victor says
Sounds to me like it should work. I tried a leftover piece stored at room temperature the next day and it was still very good. I would warm it up in a hot oven on a pizza stone.
Gail Nelson says
Hi there,
this looks reasonable and tasty . I was just wondering if it could be served at room temperature. We will be picnicking in our hotel room on Christmas eve and I am looking for make ahead recipes that can be eaten at room temperature.
victor says
It totally can be. I've made this gallette 3 times and had leftovers that were consumed the next day. I did not refrigerate, just left it sit covered on the counter. It's still very good the next day. A couple of things to keep in mind: cool it to room temp and then cover with saran wrap to prevent drying out; also, slice the veggies thicker rather than thinner. I've noticed those veggies that were sliced thinner came out a little tougher and the next day the felt chewy and dry. If you have very thin slices, it will happen of course, arrange them under thicker slices to make sure they are not exposed.
Theresa says
Definitely plan to try this with a variety of root veggies like rutabaga, celeriac, parsnips, etc. Thanks!
victor says
Enjoy!