Galette perougienne

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅓ cup Warm water (105F to 115F)
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 Envelope dry yeast
2¾ cup All purpose flour
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh lemon peel yellow part only
¼ teaspoon Salt
10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp.
1 Large egg
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter, melted
4 tablespoons Powdered sugar
Additional powdered sugar

Directions

Mix ⅓ cup warm water and 2 tablespoons sugar in small bowl.

Sprinkle dry yeast over mixture and stir to dissolve. Let mixture stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.

Mix flour, chopped fresh lemon peel and salt in large bowl. Add 10 tablespoons unsalted butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yeast mixture and egg and stir until soft dough forms. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead dough until smooth, abut 5 minutes. Grease large bowl. Add dough, turning to coat. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let rise in warm draft-free area until almost doubled in volume, about 1½ hours.

Lightly dust two 12-inch pizza pans or heavylarge baking sheets with flour. Punch dough down and divide in half. Roll out each piece on lightly floured work surface to 12-inch-diameter round. Transfer each dough round to prepred pan. Brush with melted butter. Sift 2 tablespoons powdered sugarover each. Let stand 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 425F. Bake galettes until golden brown, about 12 minutes (galettes will not rise). Cool slightly. Sift additional powdered sugar over galettes and cool completely. Cut galettes into wedges and serve.

Bon Appetit/May 94 Typed by Didi Pahl

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