The beauty of a plum galette lies in its simplicity. With minimal ingredients, you can create a dessert that is not only visually stunning but also deeply flavorful.
Pit and cut the nectarines and plums into about 1/2-inch slices. Place them in a mixing bowl. Add sugar, flour, nutmeg, and cardamom. Gently toss to coat the fruit pieces. Set aside
Preheat oven to 400 F (200 C) for conventional oven, 380 F (190 C) for convection oven
Prepare the crust:
Melt the butter over low-medium heat and let it cool down before using
Combine flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Add the melted butter and milk. Use a chopstick or a fork to stir the ingredients.
It should form some crumbly mixture
When you squeeze the mixture together, it holds its shape.
Use your hands to push all the ingredients together to form a rough dough
Shape the dough:
Transfer this dough to the center of a piece of parchment paper, the size of the parchment paper is about the size of your baking pan. Shape the dough into a disc shape.
Place another sheet of parchment paper on top. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to about 1/4-inch thick and round in shape. It doesn't have to be a perfect round
Transfer the shaped dough along with the parchment paper to a baking sheet. Peel off the top parchment paper
Assembling:
Pile the plum and nectarine mixture to the center of the dough, leaving 2 inches along the edge.
Very gently fold the edges up and kind of squeeze the folds together to form some "crimps". The dough may feel crackly a bit, but don't worry. It's meant to be like that.
Brush them with some milk and sprinkle it with turbinado sugar. Refrigerate the assembled pie in the fridge for 30 minutes. Cold pie crust gives you a flaky texture
Baking:
Place the baking sheet in the middle rack and bake for 45-50 minutes. Rotate the pan halfway through baking. The filling should be bubbling and the edges of the crust are nicely golden brown.
Serving:
Remove from the oven and let them cool down for at least 20-30 minutes before slicing. You can serve them warm, cold or room-temperature
You can serve it as is or with a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream