There’s a burst of bright fruity flavour in every bite of these vegan and gluten free summer fruit galettes!

I didn’t set out to make these summer fruit galettes gluten free but Hodmedods asked me to make something with their buckwheat flour which, despite its name, is completely gluten free.  Buckwheat is a seed rather than a grain and and comes from a completely different botanical family to wheat.

I find it has a delicious, almost malty, flavour and lends itself very well to both sweet and savoury dishes.

Are you a pastry purist?  Do you like ‘getting your hands dirty’ especially when it comes to making bread or pastry?  I’m fast becoming a fan of making pastry in a food processor.  And is it weird that it makes me feel a little guilty?  It’s just SO quick and easy!  Not that making pastry by hand is a lengthy job, and I guess you have to factor in the extra washing up of the machine.  But I finally have a food processor that just works, that will blitz more than one cauliflower floret at a time.  Rather than just watch that solitary floret bob around the bowl unchopped for a while.

And while I’ve called these SUMMER fruit galettes you can totally mix it up with whatever season you’re in right now.  Hello autumn fruits and pumpkin spice.  Or even autumn veggies for a savoury galette.

But right now I can’t get enough of these beautiful fruity jewels.  When juicy peaches, apricots, strawberries and cherries are a daily treat.

And I love that you’re supposed to be rustic with your pastry for these galettes.  No primping or frilling.  Just roll circles of pastry, pile on the fruit and fold over the pastry allowing those bright colours to peep through with the promise of all that delicious summer flavour.

If you’re feeling that summer vibe right now and looking for recipes to compliment that feeling we’ve got you covered …

Summer Fruit Pancake Tacos

Roast Nectarines with Nice Cream

Wheat Berry Summer Salad

Chocolate Banana Milkshake Ice Pops

Warm Peach and Sweet Potato Salad with Balsamic Dressing

These summer fruit galettes are at their absolute best served warm with a big dollop of vegan ice cream.  If you’re in the UK Sainsbury’s do a gorgeous vanilla one – though they’ve called it vanilla iced dessert rather than ice cream.  And I’ve heard good things about this Alpro one.

Once cold the pasty is a little chewier than normal pastry but these can easily be reheated for crisp warm fruity goodness again.

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