Mediterranean vegetable galette

Yield:

INGREDIENTS

Cream cheese pie dough:

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder 12tablespoons (6ounces) butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes

1/2 cup (4 ounces) cream cheese, chilled and cut into small pieces

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar

3 tablespoons water

Filling:

2 Chinese eggplants, sliced about 1/3 inch thick

2red bell peppers, cut in strips

1/2 red onion, cut in quarter slices 2tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper 1/2-3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese Fresh oregano leaves or dried oregano, for sprinkling

Sesame seeds, for sprinkling

4 servings

PROCEDURE

1. Pie dough: In a large bowl, place the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder and mix with a fork.

2. Add butter and cream cheese and, with clean hands, quickly crumble the mixture until it looks like coarse meal with some small peas in it.

3. Sprinkle vinegar and water over mixture and mix with a fork or your fingers.

4. Lightly squeeze and press dough until it holds together. Form into a ball or rectangle. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for about an hour.

5. Filling: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange sliced vegetables in one layer in a roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 20 minutes or until tender. Sprinkle with pepper. Cool to room temperature.

6. Divide dough in four equal pieces. Roll each piece to roughly a 7-inch circle.

7. Place one dough circle on a parchmentcovered baking sheet. Sprinkle with 1-2 tablespoons feta. Top with a layer of roasted vegetables, leaving a 1- to 2-inch border of dough uncovered. Sprinkle vegetables with 1-2tablespoons feta and a little oregano.

8. Fold in and pleat edges of dough over filling, leaving an opening in center where filling shows. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

9. Lightly brush edges of dough with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

10. Refrigerate galettes for about 20minutes. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

11. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 and bake for 15 minutes more or until golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.