July is my favorite summer month. My friends think I’m crazy for it, but I live for the summer heat. I know this is strange coming from a Minnesota girl, but I love the humidity, even if it does make my hair look like it belongs to Weird Al.
It’s sunny, sweaty, bright, and perfect for cold beer and grilling. Sometimes I love grilling veggie burgers and making sweet potato fries, but sometimes I want to be fancy. When I’m being fancy, I grill galettes.
In case you’re unfamiliar, galettes are simply free-form tarts. When I make savory galettes, I like to think of them as classy-lady pizzas.
Ryan may object to the “classy lady” label, because he LOVED these. I ate one right off the grill for lunch, and then Ryan ate the remaining 3 in 24 hours. When he finished the last one he asked if we had any more (this coming from a man who usually doesn’t eat unless I remind him).
I prefer making summer galettes on the grill because A) No extra heat in the house B) It’s July! Let’s grill things! C) More reason to be outside. Our gas grill has a temperature gauge, which made it easy to maintain a fairly steady temp. If your grill does not have a temperature gauge, and you don’t have a thermometer you can use, you will need to either watch the grill like a hawk, or just bake it on your pizza stone in the oven at 375 for 25-30 minutes.
These galettes are wonderfully flaky, a little nutty from the whole wheat flour, and so darn pretty. The lemon mascarpone puffs up and hugs the juicy, roasted tomatoes. It’s just begging to be paired with a light arugula salad and a glass of chilled white wine.
Total classy lady (/dude) meal.
There’s a fair amount of butter and cheese in this recipe, but the ingredients are simple and the crust is whole wheat, so I have no qualms with a little extra fat in my whole-foods goodness. Also, we’ll be eating kale later this week, and balance wins.
Buttery, flaky whole wheat dough filled with creamy lemon mascarpone and fresh, seasonal tomatoes, and then thrown on the grill until golden and bubbly.
Yield: 4 galettes
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes