Winter Galette Recipe

High Chef decide Gail Simmons was married on a gorgeous August day in 2008. Star chef Daniel Boulud, her former boss, cooked the feast, which included seven totally different vegetable dishes, all served family-style. Her favourite was his trendy tackle ratatouille, the normal Provençal stew flavored with herbes de Provence.

Taken with the dish’s simplicity, Simmons first got here up with a country tart utilizing comparable flavors, then different it with the seasons. In colder months, she prepares it with root greens, layering paper-thin slices of no matter’s readily available, from potatoes to carrots or celery root.

The versatile dough is simple to organize and form right into a free-form crust, and recent ricotta, infused with herbs and lemon zest, types a creamy and fragrant base for the seasonal greens that roast on high.

Notes from the Meals & Wine Take a look at Kitchen

• A mandoline will velocity slicing up significantly and can guarantee an extra-thin shave — simply watch out of your fingers.
• Alternatively, a vegetable peeler can obtain the super-thin slices Simmons requires on this recipe, although the outcomes will not be as constant as a mandoline.