These bitesize fig galettes topped with fresh fruit are a sweet finger food, ideal for a summery party. Or you can serve several per person, in a dish, with cream or ice cream as an easy dessert.
Summer, if we ever had one, is well and truly over.
Figs for me are always reminiscent of a particular hotel in St Tropez where my husband and I – in pre-Ted days – were eating a continental breakfast punctuated by the thud…. thud… thud of figs dropping to the ground.
The waitress rinsed some and we enjoyed them with yogurt for breakfast. That’s fresh fruit for you!
Back home I’m more reliant on my local Turkish supermarket but I can never cut into a fresh fig without remembering this moment.
We were in St Tropez when we overheard an American tourist in the street say to another (whom she didn’t know), “Have you heard what’s happened in New York?”
We hadn’t, and continuing to pass by, it wasn’t until we returned to our hotel reception a few hours later that we saw crowds gathered around a television.
That was ten years today.
Fig Galettes - Bitesize Puff Pastries
Ingredients
- 1 pack puff pastry
- 1 egg small, beaten
- 6 figs cut into thin slices
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
- Roll out the puff pastry, cut into small squares - around 6cm. Spread them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Brush the pastry squares with beaten egg.
- Top each pastry square with slice of fig and sprinkle with a little brown sugar.
- Bake at 180c/Gas 4 for 12-15 minutes until puffed up and golden brown. Serve warm with creme fraiche.
Baking Figs into Galettes is a wonderful idea…and it looks so easy too!
A very touching post Sara. I love that you commemorated the day by reliving the positive part of that day.
Hi Sarah, a lovely recipe, thank you so much for sharing it with Simple and in Season. It doens’t get more perfect than that. A very poignant post too, Ren x