BLUEBERRY GALETTE WITH CHOCOLATE PEANUT ICE CREAM
BLUEBERRY GALETTE WITH CHOCOLATE PEANUT ICE CREAM
BLUEBERRY GALETTE WITH CHOCOLATE PEANUT ICE CREAM

Ingredients
  • 300ml/10½fl oz full-fat milk
  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream
  • 75g/2½oz caster sugar
  • 6 free-range egg yolks
  • 3 chocolate and peanut bars
  • chopped
  • 200g/7oz plain flour
  • plus extra for dusting
  • 150g/5½oz unsalted butter
  • chopped
  • 75g/2½oz caster sugar
  • 2 free-range egg yolks
  • 400g/14oz fresh blueberries
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • split in half lengthways
  • seeds scraped out
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 lemon
  • juice only
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
Directions
  • For the instant chocolate ice cream
  • heat the milk and cream in a saucepan until just simmering. Whisk the caster sugar and egg yolks together in a bowl until pale and fluffy.
  • Slowly pour the warm cream mixture onto the egg mixture
  • whisking continuously.
  • Return the mixture to the saucepan and continue to cook over a low heat
  • whisking continuously
  • until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Add the chopped chocolate bars and stir until melted. Set aside to cool
  • then chill in the fridge.
  • Transfer the chilled custard to an ice cream machine and churn until frozen
  • then freeze until needed in an airtight container.
  • For the galettes
  • in a bowl
  • rub together the flour
  • butter and 25g/1oz of the caster sugar using your fingertips
  • until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  • Add one of the egg yolks and stir the mixture until it comes together as a dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth. Flatten the dough to a 2cm/1in-thick disc
  • then wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • in a bowl
  • stir together the blueberries
  • vanilla seeds
  • cornflour
  • lemon juice and the remaining caster sugar. Set aside.
  • Roll the chilled pastry out on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 5mm/¼in. Cut eight 12cm/5in discs from the pastry and place them onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Pinch or fold the edges of each pastry disc to create pastry cases
  • then brush all over with the remaining egg yolk. Spoon in the blueberries and sprinkle over the demerara sugar. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
  • Bake the galettes in the oven for 20-25 minutes
  • or until crisp and golden-brown.
  • To serve
  • place the warm galettes on serving plates and place a scoop of ice cream on top of each.