I hope your weekend was beautiful, spookylicious and sweet. Here are a few snippets from mine…
Love you!
Petra
Yesterday we had to go to Budapest.
It was an unplanned trip and we were quite busy.
But I managed to steal a few moments for taking pictures.
The weather was, well, like in November.
I decided to warm myself up with a BIG cup of steaming coffee.
Accidentally, I ended up with the tiniest cup possible.
But it looked cute in the picture … .
I like to look at the bright side of things.
It helps me a lot!
And it seems that no matter what the time of the year it is, people still want to have fun.
But these guys went a bit too far I think!
They were supposed to stay on the road, weren’t they?
(Update: I checked them out and can’t stop listening to their intro song, it is gorgeous.)
Do you think it’s criminal to throw a rock in the river just to see some gulls take off?
It is?
I didn’t do that then.
Not at all!
Poor little gulls, that would scare them… .
Oh, how I love this building – the Hungarian Parliament.
It looks like if they’d let thousands of people add what they liked to the facade while they were building it.
Somebody is going to hate me for what I’ve just said… .
But I truly love the looks of that building!
I started to feel a bit insecure when I had noticed this.
A suitcase in the park next to the Parliament?
There could be a bomb inside, that’s what I thought.
But luckily, I was wrong.
I love it when people create lovely funny things and have fun…
… I love that so much!
So this is what I’ve been waiting for!
This flamboyant fall parade.
As if nature was giving away these huge doses of energy to prepare us for the not so bright days of winter.
So I am feeding on it, breathing in as much of this exceptional atmosphere as I can.
Look, somebody has thrown glitter on the ground for us to enjoy!
And this cute little daisy is having the time of her life too!
Lovely…
I have stumbled across this wonderful recipe on Foodgawker.
The little cuties looked very yummy, fun to make and their individual serving size seemed to make them perfect for sharing.
I opted for an apple filling (instead of the grapefruit one) because it’s my favorite these days. I just love that wonderful moment when apples become hot and intimate friends with cinnamon!
Of course, to satisfy my curiosity I went searching for where the word gallete came from and what it meant.
No surprise dear friends, it comes from French.
Galette is a general term to designate various types of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes. There are two most famous galette types – the galette des Rois (King cake) and the Bretton galette which is a a large, thin buckwheat flour pancake.
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To make the pastry you need:
2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
1 cup (230 grams) cold butter, cubed
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup (120 ml) milk
To make the filling you need:
4 large apples; peeled, cored and sliced (or cut into cubes)
1/2 cup (110 grams) butter
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
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1. Preheat an oven to 356 F (180 C).
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer combine the flour, salt, and sugar.
4. Add the butter.
5. Pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
6. Then sprinkle the mixture with the vinegar and add milk gradually.
Pulse for about 4 more minutes until the mixture becomes smooth.
7. Place the dough on a well floured surface and form a ball.
If the dough is too sticky keep adding flour.
8. With a floured knife keep cutting the dough in halves until you have 16 even pieces.
9. Shape the pieces into balls and put them in a refrigerator (the dough is easier to work with when cooled).
10. Melt the butter and sugar in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir frequently for about 2 minutes.
11. Add the apples.
Stir frequently, for about 4-5 minutes, until they just start to turn tender.
12. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Toss the mixture gently and cook over medium heat for additional 2 minutes, until the sugar begins to caramelize and the apples are crisp-tender.
Place the apples on a plate.
13. Remove a ball from the fridge and roll it out into a 5-inch (13 cm) circle (remove one ball from the fridge at a time).
Place about 2 tablespoons of the filling in the center of the circle.
14. Fold the edges of the dough over the filling in a crimped pattern, leaving the center uncovered.
15. Gently, but firmly, push down on the crimped edges to help prevent the crust from opening up during baking.
16. Place the pastry on the baking sheet.
Brush with melted butter.
17. And bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and let cool.
Yummy!
This recipe was adapted from the blog of “LaFujiMama” .