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

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

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 does galette mean in cooking? ›

Galettes refer to the catch-all term for a pastry base, topped with either sweet or savoury fillings with the edges roughly folded in to create a gorgeous, rustic-looking bake.

How do you keep the bottom of galette from getting soggy? ›

Preventing Soggy Bottoms

Because you can't par-bake a galette crust to prevent the fruit's juices from making the crust soggy, many folks brush their galette crust with egg white or make a layer of crushed cookies or cake crumbs, either of which work fine.

How do you make a galette not soggy? ›

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. The galette is fully baked when the crust is deep golden brown and the peaches are bubbling.

Why do French people eat galette? ›

Well, the tradition of Galette des Rois began some 700 to 800 years ago in France, in the 14th century. The tradition is to have this cake on the 12th day of Christmas, i.e., January 6th. However, it is enjoyed throughout January with friends and family. Galette des Rois is eaten to celebrate the Biblical Epiphany.

What is the charm in the galette? ›

The Hidden Charm

Originally the surprise hidden in the king's cake was also a bean, a broad bean to be specific, fève in French. Towards the end of the 19th century, the bean was replaced by a porcelain figurine, but it is still known as a fève.

What is a fève in a galette? ›

Serving Traditions

The “king” is represented by the fève, once a fava bean, now a porcelain or plastic figurine, hidden inside the cake. The person who discovers the fève in their serving is declared le roi (the king) or la reine (the queen) and gets to wear the golden paper couronne (crown) that comes with cake.

Is a galette crust the same as a pie crust? ›

A galette, if you're unfamiliar, is a kind of open-faced, freeform pie. The dough for the crust is the same as a traditional pie, but the structure of the dessert is different.

Why do the French 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 it called a galette? ›

Galette (from the Norman word gale, meaning "flat cake") is a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat round or freeform crusty cakes, or, in the case of a Breton galette (French: Galette bretonne [galɛt bʁətɔn]; Breton: Krampouezhenn gwinizh du), a pancake made with buckwheat flour usually with a ...

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