Galette - Summer Fruit and Sweet Cream Cheese Galette

By á-47

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 Tbsp. cornstarch, divided
• 1 egg, separated
• 2 Tbsp. sugar, plus a little extra for sprinkling
• 1 tea. vanilla
• 1 refrigerated pie crust
• 2 cups fruit (pick one or mix thinly sliced plums, peeled peaches or apricots; or mixed berries)

Preparation

Step 1

Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 400 degrees.

Mix cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, 2 Tbsp. of the cornstarch and the egg yolk in a medium bowl.

In a separate medium bowl, mix fruit, 2 Tbsp. sugar, remaining Tbsp. cornstarch, and vanilla.

Unfurl pie crust on a lightly floured surface and roll to about 13" in diameter. Slide onto a cookie sheet or pizza pan and spread evenly with cream cheese mixture, leaving a 2" border. Scatter fruit evenly over cream cheese mixture. Fold pastry border over the fruit. Brush dough perimeter with egg white and sprinkler with a little sugar.

Bake galette until golden brown and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Loosen with a metal spatula and slide onto a wire rack to cool slightly.

Serve warm