Blueberry Bash Bake-Off Contest Winner 2009 1st Prize-Janis Fang

Ingredients:

Pastry:

• 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 8 Tbsp unsalted butter, cold
• 4 Tbsp cold water (+ 2 tsps if needed)

Filling:

• 3 cups fresh blueberries
• 2 cups rhubarb
• 1/ cup granulated sugar
• 3 Tbsp all purpose flour
• 3 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 tsp butter (cut into small pieces)

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar. Cut butter into flour mixture with pastry blender until it forms coarse crumbs. Add water all at once and form dough into a ball (do not knead or work the dough). Form the dough into a round patty between two pieces of parchment paper. Roll dough into a 13” circle (edges can be uneven) on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Cut rhubarb into ½’ cubes. Combine the filling ingredients together in a bowl and pour contents into the center of the pastry circle. Fold the edges of pastry toward the center leaving the center of the filling exposed. Brush cream or milk around the edges of the galette and sprinkle crust with coarse sugar. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for 45 minutes on the lowest rack in the oven.