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Rustic Tomato Galette Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pie crust Pie crust (any recipe will work)
  • 1 pint tomatoes, or a few large heirloom slicing tomatoes
  • 1 yellow or vidalia onion
  • 1 large garlic clove
  • 1/3 cup cheese we used a mixture of what we had around: feta, cheddar, parmesan and pecorino romano
  • 1 egg
  • fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary, oregano

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425F
  • Heat 1-2 tablespoons of neutral oil (i.e. vegetable) in a large skillet over medium heat
  • Cut onion into rings or chop coarsely
  • Toss them into pan and cook for 10-15 minutes, till they're soft and golden brown.  You probably want to reduce the heat a bit after a while.  Stir them every once in a while
  • Finely dice the garlic
  • Toss it in the with the onion and cook for a minute or less.  stir often.  sprinkle with salt and then pull this stuff out of the pan onto a plate
  • Meanwhile, you've been cutting the tomatoes in half or slices, and you've sprinkled those with salt too
  • Grate or break up your cheese as appropriate
  • Break the egg into a small bowl, add a tbsp of water, and stir it up to make an egg wash
  • Roll out your dough to a circle like 12" in diameter. Place this on parchment paper onto a sheet or jelly roll pan
  • Pile up the onion mix, then the tomatoes in the center of your dough, leaving a few inches border
  • Top with cheese
  • Fold up the extra dough around the sides of the filling to contain it as best you can
  • Brush the outer edges of the dough, which are now facing up, with the egg wash
  • Bake for maybe 20 or 25 minutes, until the crust is nice and golden
  • Top with chopped herbs and serve