When Life Gives You Lemons! Part one.....

When life gives you lemons or in my case when your totally awesome neighbor gives you copious amounts of plums, you make plum galette. I am not a fan of super sweet desserts so this wonderful French pastry is perfect.The rich, flaky crust, can be made so many ways, they can be sweet and savory, simple or more complex. Some people add nuts, almond butter, the list goes on and on. Leave it to the French to corner the market on pastries.

I prefer simple and have found that the best pâté brisée (your basic pastry dough) recipe is from Martha Stewart. It's simple, quick, easy, and in my opinion tasty. Her recipe can be found here.

You can use any number of fruit/nut combinations for your galette so be creative. I chose plums as you can clearly see. Toss the following items together in a bowl:

• 1 1/2 pounds (net) of plums cleaned, pitted and sliced
• 1/4 cup of golden raisins, I like to plump them up in a little warm water or Cointreau
• 1/4 cup of chopped pecans
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar depending on the sweetness you desire or the ripeness of the plums
• zest of one lemon
• 2 tablespoons of flour

So my first blogging challenge, I talk too much! I cannot fit this entire recipe on one page so I am forced to continue into When Life Gives You Lemons....Part Two. I hope you feel the energy to catch me on the second post....to be continued.

                                                                                               ~Shannon