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Roasted Potato Galette with cheddar and chives

March 27, 2014 by Joy the Baker 53 Comments

Roasted Potato Galette

Most people have fight or flight reactions when it comes to stressful, life or death situations.  You know… you see a bear and your instincts quickly decide if you’re going to run screaming, or throw up your fists like a prize-fighter.  I realized this week that in stressful situations I don’t really have fight or flight survival instincts… I have carb on carb instincts.

Enter:  Potato with Pie Crust.

It’s roasted, spiced, cheesed, and chived.  It’s everything my survival instincts tell me to do when things get dicey.

Also to be fair… I’d totally run from a bear… in a zig-zag like someone was shooting a gun at me.  I dunno.  My survival instincts come only from Jack Bauer in old episodes of 24.

Thank goodness for carbs.

Roasted Potato Galette

Roasted Potato Galette

Carb Pie starts with potatoes!  Potatoes are peeled and sliced in thin, but not totally paper thin rounds.  Olive oil and Old Bay Seasoning are applied liberally.

Roasted Potato Galette

We roast the potatoes before they’re placed in the galette.  The potatoes are piled too high and sliced too thick to bake in the time that it takes the crust to bake.  The cook times are imbalanced so we balance the whole deal with a bit of pre-roasting.

Roasted Potato Galette

Buttermilk Pie Crust!  From Peach Blueberry Cobbler to Lemon Raspberry Cookies to this Roasted Potato Galette.  This crust does everything!

Roasted Potato Galette

Here’s what we’re working with:  roasted potatoes, rolled out pie crust, grated cheddar cheese, and chopped chives.  The assembly begins!

Roasted Potato Galette

Layering the potatoes with cheese and chives is definitely the way to go.

Assembling the galette on a prepared baking sheet is also the way to go.  Transferring the filled and unbaked galette is nothing but trouble.  I learned this the hard way for you.

Roasted Potato Galette

It’s hard for the roasted potatoes to go from the plate straight to the galette without snacking on a few.

Roasted Potato Galette

Crust is folded up and washed with egg for optimal browning.

Roasted Potato Galette

Taking this savory galette out of the oven will have fireworks going off in your kitchen.  It’s dream comfort!

I served this galette warm with extra chives, plain Greek yogurt, and extra Old Bay Seasoning… and that’s when everyone in the world became my friend.  You know.  That happens.

Roasted Potato Galette with cheddar and chives

makes one 8-inch galette

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For the Crust:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
scant 1/3 cup cold buttermilk

For the Filling:
2 medium russet potatoes, mostly peeled and sliced into 1/4″ rounds
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 to 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning
1/2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
3 tablespoons finely chopped chives
1 large egg, beaten

To make the crust:
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Add cold, cubed butter and, using your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture. Quickly break the butter down into the flour mixture. Some butter pieces will be the size of oat flakes; some will be the size of peas. Create a well in the mixture and pour in the cold buttermilk. Use a fork to bring the dough together. Try to moisten all of the flour bits. On a lightly floured work surface, dump out the dough mixture. It will be moist and shaggy. That’s perfect. Just gather it together into a disk. Wrap the disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Allowing the dough to rest in the refrigerator will help re-chill the butter and distribute the moisture.

To make the filling:
Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Use a bit of the olive to grease a rimmed baking pan. Place potato rounds on the baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Generously sprinkle on Old Bay Seasoning. Toss to coat all of the potato slices in oil and seasoning. Try to keep the potato in a single layer. If they overlap a bit, that’s fine too. Bake until mostly soft through, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool just slightly.

To assemble the galette:
In a small bowl, beat the egg and set aside.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
On a well-floured surface, roll one of the disks out to a 1/4″-thickness. It’s ok if some edges of the pie crust are wider than the other. The crust doesn’t have to be perfectly round. We can trim it! Transfer the dough to the center of the prepared baking sheet.
Lightly brush the center of the crust with egg. Add a layer of cooked potato slices to the center of the pie crust, leaving about 2-inches of pie crust surrounding on all sides. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese and chives. Add another generous layer of potato slices and a bit more cheese and chives. Add any remaining potato slices and top with a bit more cheese and chives.
Trim any overly large edges from the pie crust, leaving about 1 1/2-inches on all sides. Brush the edges with egg wash. Gently fold the crust up against the potato mountain and press gently to seal the edges. Brush the outside of the pie crust with egg wash.

Bake until golden brown and bubbling, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve warm. Add an egg and it’s totally breakfast.

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  1. Catherine

    February 19, 2019 at 7:14 pm

    This definitely needs more time in the oven for the crust. More like 30-40 minutes at a higher heat (closer to 400). After 15 minutes, it was still practically raw.

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  2. lesley

    January 23, 2016 at 5:33 pm

    totally strange question. In the last few steps it says “roll one of the discs out” but when you originally make the dough, it sounds like there is only one disc. I assume it only makes crust for one? Making it now! I have already eaten most of the potatoes. is that bad?

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  3. judith herring

    March 9, 2015 at 10:11 am

    what is in Old Bay Seasoning please?

    Reply
  4. Bianca

    March 6, 2015 at 4:53 am

    This looks amazing! My only problem is I am living on a student budget in Denmark so I don’t have access to Old Bay and I feel it might cost a lot for me to make the proper substitute spice mix – any suggestions for a simple substitute?

    Reply
  5. Marietta

    November 1, 2014 at 5:16 pm

    Do you think I could assemble this the night before and leave it in the fridge overnight then pull it out and bring it to room temperature and cook it the next morning?

    Reply
  6. elusis

    April 20, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    When you get to assembly instructions, you talk about rolling “one of the discs” of dough out. But I don’t see instructions for dividing the dough, or what you would do with a second disc. Is this a typo?

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      July 28, 2014 at 2:41 pm

      Sorry about that Elusis, it’s a typo for sure. You don’t have to divide the dough. You’ll end up with only one disc!

      Reply
  7. Renee @ Awesome on $20

    April 7, 2014 at 12:20 am

    I’d say your instincts are on point! Beautiful.

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