Mushroom Galette Recipe (Savory Mushroom Tart) - Mon Petit Four® (2024)

If you love mushroom recipes, you’ll love this mushroom galette recipe. Made with flaky pie crust, a mixture of cheeses, and a delicious combination of caramelized onions and mushrooms, this savory mushroom tart is the perfect meal or appetizer!

Mushroom Galette Recipe

If you’ve never heard of a galette, it’s essentially a rustic pie or tart. On the blog, I’ve shared recipes for an apple galette and strawberry galette, which are both dessert galettes.

Today, I’m sharing this recipe for a savory galette, which is basically a mushroom tart.

If you’ve ever made a French onion tart, it’s not too different from that.

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For this mushroom galette recipe, you’ll need pie dough for the pastry aspect.

You can make your homemade pie crust or simply use a sheet of store-bought pie dough.

Once you’ve got the pie crust ready to go, you’ll spread a layer of ricotta cheese over the crust, then top it with some grated parmesan for extra flavor.

The cheese is then topped with sautéed mushrooms and caramelized onions before all of the filling is topped with gruyere cheese.

The great thing about a galette is that it’s incredibly versatile. You can use all kinds of vegetables and cheeses to make a galette, so if you’re not a fan of mushrooms or you’re not a fan of gruyere, you can swap them out.

You could pile on sautéed veggies like zucchini, tomato, and bell pepper for a rustic summer version.

Or, turn this into a meat lover’s delight by incorporating ham or sausage.

If you are a fan of mushrooms, however, you are going to love the version shared here today, just as it is!

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The combination of mushrooms with onions is divine. Anytime I make this for a gathering with friends, I always get people asking me for the recipe.

You can also enjoy this mushroom galette as a meal with a glass of crisp, white wine.

To serve the galette, simply cut it up into pizza-like slices. If you’re serving it as an appetizer, you’ll want to cut them into smaller slices.

If you’re serving it as a meal, you can afford to be more generous with your portions.

You can also prep this galette and freeze it for baking later. If you decide to make ahead and freeze, just be sure to increase the duration in which you bake the tart as it will likely need more time to bake through.

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Mushroom Galette Recipe

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

A savory tart made with flaky pastry and a delicious combination of cheeses, mushrooms, and caramelized onions.

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet of pie dough
  • 1/3 cup whole milk ricotta
  • 6 oz. crimini mushrooms, cut into slices
  • 1/4 of a jumbo white onion, cut into thin crescent-shaped slices
  • 1.5 oz gruyere cheese, shredded
  • parmesan cheese, for grating as a garnish
  • pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 egg, separated into white and yolk
  • olive oil
  • 1 sprig of thyme

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. To a pan, add about a tablespoon of olive oil. Warm over medium heat and once hot, add in the onion slices. Cook until the onions begin to become golden along the edges and caramelize.
  2. Add the mushroom slices to the pan and cook for another few minutes until the mushrooms are tender. Turn off the heat and temporarily set the pan aside.
  3. Unroll the pie crust onto a baking sheet fitted with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Brush the egg white over most of the pie crust, leaving about a 1 1/2 inch perimeter bare. Let the crust rest for a minute for the egg white to slightly dry.
  4. Spread the ricotta cheese all over the area covered with the egg white. Use a zester to finely grate a little bit of parmesan cheese as a slight garnish over all the ricotta cheese. Add a small pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper, as well as the pinch of nutmeg, over the cheese.
  5. Distribute the mushroom-onion mixture all over the ricotta cheese, then top that with the shredded gruyere. Add the thyme leaves all over the top.
  6. Fold the edges of the pie crust over the mushroom filling, all along the edges. Brush the egg yolk over the pastry, then top the pastry with some of the finely grated parmesan.
  7. Bake the galette for 20-30 minutes. If you're using store-bought crust, it will typically look golden and be ready in the 20-25 minute mark, whereas homemade pastry can take up to 30 minutes.
  8. Let the galette rest for 10 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to your serving plate.
Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 292Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 275mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 7g

Mushroom Galette Recipe (Savory Mushroom Tart) - Mon Petit Four® (2024)

FAQs

How do I keep my galette from getting soggy? ›

Bake on a baking sheet placed on top of the baking stone. Don't skip the cornstarch in the recipe, to avoid a runny filling and soggy bottom. Drain the excess liquid from the peach mixture as you add them to the crust. Most importantly, be sure to cook the galette completely.

What is the difference between pie dough and galette dough? ›

Whereas pies are baked in a sloped pie pan, often with a top crust or open with crimped edges, galettes are freeform, and baked right on a baking sheet. The edges of the galette are folded over the center filling, leaving a wide opening from which the filling can be seen.

What is a galette tart? ›

A galette is a French pastry similar to a tart or a pie; it's essentially pastry dough wrapped over a filling made from fruit, sugar, and butter. This free-form pie-like pastry doesn't require a special pan — just a nice flat surface for baking.

How do you roll galette dough? ›

Remove the dough from the plastic wrap and roll it out into a 12 by 12-inch circle. It's okay if the circle isn't perfectly round. In fact, my galette dough usually appears quite rustic and I like it that way. For a perfect circle, simply use a pizza cutter to cut off any uneven edges.

How to keep tart crust crispy? ›

Brush Your Pie in Egg Wash

Once you've pre-baked your pie, brush the bottom and sides of the crust with egg wash, then reheat at 400° for 4 minutes to set the glaze. This creates a seal between the crust and the filling so that your crust stays crispy and golden once the filling is added.

How do you keep the bottom crust from getting soggy? ›

Coating the inside surface of the bottom crust will create a barrier to prevent sogginess. Adding a layer of corn syrup or a slightly beaten egg white before pouring in the filling will form a seal between the pie dough and the filling and will help make the crust crisp and flaky.

How do you know when a galette is done? ›

Place the galette in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to chill while you preheat the oven to 375°f / 190°c. Brush the galette crust with egg wash, then sprinkle the galette all over with raw sugar. Bake the galette for 35 to 40 minutes, until the pastry is deep golden brown.

How do you prevent galette from leaking? ›

Make sure the top crust is adhered evenly around the pie, or filling can easily leak out between the crusts. Do this using a pastry brush dipped in water, or use your fingers dipped in water. Vent the top crust well, not just a few pokes with a fork, but actual slashes in the top crust.

What does galette mean in French? ›

flat , round pastry , pancake. (Translation of galette from the GLOBAL French-English Dictionary © 2018 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Why do French people eat galette? ›

The French have been serving up galette des rois since the 14th-century. Traditionally, it's served on January 6th – the 12th day of Christmas – to celebrate the Epiphany, a religious feast day commemorating the arrival of the Three Kings to the manger where Jesus was born.

Why is the galette eaten on January 6th? ›

Traditionally, Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, 12 days after Christmas. Beginning around the 13th or 14th century, sharing a Galette des Rois became a popular way to celebrate this occasion, with the cake signifying the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem.

Why is my galette soggy? ›

Whether making a sweet or savory galette, a soggy bottom can be difficult to avoid because the fruits or vegetables in the filling release water as the galette bakes. Here at ATK, we've come up with many crisp-crust solutions, such as parcooking the vegetables in the filling or macerating and draining the fruit.

How to fold the edges of a galette? ›

Fold edges

Work your way around the circle, folding sections of dough inward. Overlap the sections as you go so filling won't leak out during cooking. Don't worry too much about perfection here. Part of the galette's charm is its imperfection.

How do you flip a galette? ›

Cover the galette with the skillet, then, holding the handle with one hand and the bottom of the sheet pan with the other, flip the whole thing so the galette lands back in the skillet, browned side up.

Can you make galette the night before? ›

You can make the dough up to three days ahead, but this galette is at its best served the same day it was baked.

What causes pastry to have a soggy bottom? ›

And finally, the most frustrating pastry problem of all – the soggy bottom. This normally happens when the oven is not hot enough or the pastry is not baked for long enough. However, it can also be because too much water was added to the dough.

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