A SWEET GALETTE: STRAWBERRY

This recipe calls for a sweetened cream cheese filling topped with fruit. You can substitute other berries or if you’d like to use firmer fruit like apples, saute in a little butter until softened before adding to the galette.

If you like, you can use the full recipe for Sweetened Cream Cheese (1 1/4 cups) for this filling. However, this recipe’s nutritional information per serving is based on using 1 cup of it.

1 prepared pie crust (1 crust from a

14.1-ounce 2-crust package)

1 cup Sweetened Cream Cheese (see

recipe)

1 ½ cups sliced strawberries

1 egg

Sugar in the Raw, for sprinkling, if desired Zest of 1 lemon and 1 tablespoon mint

leaves, for garnish

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place a rack in the lowest position. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

Center pie crust on prepared baking sheet. Mound cream cheese in center of crust, then spread on crust, leaving a 2-inch border all the way around. Arrange strawberries over cream cheese. Fold edges of crust over filling.

In a small bowl, make egg wash by whisking egg until frothy. Brush egg wash on folded edges of crust. Discard any remaining egg wash. Sprinkle egg-washed edges with Sugar in the Raw, if desired. Put galette on lower rack in oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown, but not too dark, and cream cheese filling has bubbled up between slices of fruit. Remove from oven and allow to cool 10 minutes. Garnish with lemon zest and mint.

Serves 4.

Per serving: 456 calories (percent of calories from fat, 54), 6 grams protein, 47 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 28 grams total fat (13 grams saturated), 81 milligrams cholesterol, 533 milligrams sodium.

SWEETENED CREAM CHEESE

You can use all this cream cheese in the galette, save some for another galette, or serve it with sliced berries as you would whipped cream.

8 ounces cream cheese

⅔ cup powdered sugar

Beans from ½ vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon

vanilla extract or paste

½ teaspoon salt

In the bowl of a food processor, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla beans and salt. Process until smooth. Put in a bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.

Makes 1 1/4 cups.

Per tablespoon: 60 calories (percent of calories from fat, 61), 1 gram protein, 5 grams carbohydrates, no fiber, 4 grams total fat (2 grams saturated), 11 milligrams cholesterol, 94 milligrams sodium.

STYLING BY CHEF SHAIN WANCIO. PHOTO BY CHRIS HUNT FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION Strawberry Lemonade Cheesecake galette.