Exactly one year ago from today, Kevin and I celebrated our wedding with friends and family in New York City. Our family and friends traveled from all over the world to spend the weekend celebrating with us. In the week leading up to our wedding, it rained every day. We were a bit nervous it would rain on our wedding day, so we started discussing plan b with our hotel. Lucky for us, the rain skipped our wedding day. We were able to have a beautiful outdoor ceremony with just some wind. I booked a hotel room at the hotel where Kevin and I had our wedding the evening before. Some of my closest friends stayed with me at the hotel the evening before. The next day, we all went for a light breakfast, and began preparations for my wedding. We had a traditional Chinese tea ceremony in the morning, took pictures with our wedding party in the afternoon, had a western wedding ceremony in the early evening, and finally celebrated with an East meets West reception to close out the night. The day felt like a blur to me. We were moving from location to location and barely had time to just relax and eat. After the cake was cut, and the last song played, a few of our out-of-town friends invited us out for karaoke in the late evening. Kevin and I stopped by for a little bit, sang a few songs, and retired for the evening. We all had such a blast the entire weekend, and definitely created some good memories to last a lifetime.
This weekend, Kevin and I reminisced over our wedding in New York and shared a peach galette for breakfast. Peach was one of our wedding colors. We weaved the color into our wedding décor and flowers. We wanted to celebrate our one year New York wedding anniversary, so I made a simple peach galette using some fresh peaches, turbinado sugar, and homemade pie dough. Galettes are one of my favorite simple breakfasts to make in the morning. They can be sweet or savory depending on your mood. During busy fall weekends, I like to make a pear and apple galette for a sweet version or a tomato galette with my sharp cheddar pie dough for a savory version. The best part about a galette is how simple and easy it is to put together. This weekend has been a fairly busy weekend for me. I spent most of my time working on class projects for the final home stretch of my two photography classes. In between working on my final class projects, I’ve continued to test out new recipes (including my lemon peach galette). My lemon peach galette uses just a few ingredients, and comes together in a snap. I began by preparing a batch of my simple pie dough using my food processor the evening before. Once the pie dough was ready, I formed it into a disc, wrapped it up in plastic wrap and stored the pie dough in the fridge until the next morning. When I woke up in the morning, I removed the pie dough from the fridge to give it some time to adjust to the temperature in the room. If I just started rolling out the pie dough immediately, it can be a bit difficult to roll. As the pie dough was resting on my kitchen counter, I thinly sliced two fresh peaches using a sharp knife. I also prepare an egg wash for brushing onto the edges of my galette. When I was ready to make the galette, I rolled out the pie dough to about ¼ through ½ inch in thickness, grated some lemon zest onto the center of the pie dough, sprinkled on some turbinado sugar, layered the peach slices in a circle around the center of the dough (leaving about ½ to 1 inch around all sides for folding), and then began folding up the edges of the galette. I finished the galette by brushing the egg wash around all edges, sprinkling more turbinado sugar all over the galette, and then popping the galette into the oven to work its magic. After 30 minutes, my galette was ready for eating. Kevin and I enjoyed the galette as we reflected on how much fun we had just a year ago. We still can’t believe how quickly time passed by. It seems like with just a blink of an eye, another year has already passed. We look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries together in the future.
Lemon Peach Galette:
Pie Dough:
· my homemade pie dough recipe
Filling:
· 2 peaches, sliced into thin wedges
· Zest of a lemon
· 1 teaspoon turbinado sugar, plus additional two teaspoons for sprinkling
Egg Wash:
· 1 large egg
· 1 tablespoon water
Directions:
1) To make the pie dough, follow the instructions for my pie dough recipe here. Instead of separating the pie dough into two separate discs, keep the pie dough as one disc. Alternatively, you can also use store-bought pie dough.
2) To make the galette, preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3) Roll out the pie dough onto the parchment lined baking sheet. Sprinkle the lemon zest and a teaspoon of turbinado sugar all over the center of pie dough. Arrange the peach slices in a circle around the pie dough. Leave about a half or an inch width around the edge of the pie dough. Fold the edges of the pie dough towards the center around all sides.
4) To make the egg wash, whisk together the egg and water until combined.
5) Brush the egg wash around the edges of the galette. Sprinkle the galette with the remaining two teaspoons of turbinado sugar.
6) Place the baking sheet with the galette into the oven and bake for 20 minutes at 425°F. Reduce the temperature to 350°F after 20 minutes. Continue baking the galette for another 5-7 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Let the galette rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Takeaways: Galettes are very versatile pies. You can use any fruit or vegetables you have on hand in your galette. For another sweet spin on the galette, check out my pear and apple galette. For a savory spin on the galette, check out my tomato galette.
Our wedding colors were rose gold, pink, peach, soft peach, and gold. This photo was taken by our photographer, Peter, from L’Affection featuring some of our wedding colors. Check out more memories of our New York City wedding from 2018 here.