Cooking-ez.com

1,552 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

Galette berrichone

Galette berrichone
The galette berrichonne, originally from the Berry region of France, is a very simple galette made from boiled potatoes, flour, eggs and cheese.

There are probably as many recipes as there are Berry families, but here's one that's simple and easy to make.
13 K
Grade this recipe:
duree2 hours 55 min. difficultéEasy prix2.15 € pour combien1 galette ingredients7 Ingredients
Keywords:
Last modified on: August 3rd 2025
For this recipe: Comment Send to a friend Ask me a question Follow Printable Diaporama Video
For 1 galette, you will need:
Change these quantities to make:
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 2 hours 30 min.
Cooking: 25 min.
All in all: 2 hours 55 min.
When should you start or finish this recipe?
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 1
Cut 500 g cooked potatoes into pieces.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 2
Put them through a food mill...
Stage 3
Galette berrichone : Stage 3
...to obtain a kind of purée.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 4
Add 3 egg yolks, 90 g butter mou, 100 g cottage (or curd) cheese, 12 g fine (or table) salt...
Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 5
... and mix well.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 6
Add 250 g flour and mix again.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 hours
Galette berrichone : Stage 7
Then shape the dough into a large ball, wrap it in cling-film and chill in the fridge for about 2 hours.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 8
Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).

Butter a 24 cm (or 9.5-inch) tart tin, then roll out the ball into a thick patty to the diameter of the tin, and place inside.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 2 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 9
Glaze the top with a Brush.
Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 10
Draw a pattern of your choice with the tip of a knife on the top (faculative).
Stage 11 - ⌛ 25 min.
Galette berrichone : Stage 11
Bake at 200°C (390°F) for approx. 25-30 minutes, checking for color at the end.
Stage 12
Galette berrichone : Stage 12
Serve hot, warm or cold to taste, with a green salad and vinaigrette for example.
Remarks
The ball of dough can be made the day before and left to rest in the fridge overnight.

You can replace the fromage blanc with a fresh cheese of your choice, such as goat's cheese.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film if possible.
Source: Home made, after @Tom Cooks.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe60 RDI=20 %280 RDI=30 %110 RDI=20 %2,330 RDI=120 %9,750 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g5 RDI=2 %30 RDI=3 %10 RDI=2 %230 RDI=10 %950 RDI: 10 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, milk, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 galette : 2.15 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Cooked potatoes
Cooked potatoes

Like these other recipes: Baked Camembert with Walnuts, Crispy potato galette with leeks, Potato galette, Tortilla Comtoise, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, ... See them all 57

Flour
Flour

Like these other recipes: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Canadian apple crumble, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Panettone, Lemon and lime cakes, ... See them all 211

Cottage (or curd) cheese
Cottage (or curd) cheese

Like these other recipes: Cottage cheese tart, Frozen cottage cheese with strawberries, Cervelle de Canut, ... See them all 3

Butter
Butter

Like these other recipes: Colcannon, Tea and white chocolate biscuits, Salmon chard rolls, How to prepare cockles, Nonettes, ... See them all 486

Other recipes you may also like
Brioche dough
Brioche dough
It's a soft and rich dough, with butter and eggs which give a smooth and incredibly tasty brioche. This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
September 16th 2020549 K 44.2 14 hours 30 min.
Clarified butter
Clarified butter
This is a way of melting butter to eliminate all the impurities. The clarified butter can then be heated without spoiling, and is more digestible. It is ideal for cooking at high temperatures where small black specks would spoil the appearance, or for emulsified sauces like béarnaise or mousseline.
June 21th 2017484 K4.2 2 hours 15 min.
Almond cream
Almond cream
Light and delicious, it is used in a lot of desserts like tarts, cakes and pies (epiphany galette).
August 31th 2025493 K 25 20 min.
Sesame fried scampi
Sesame fried scampi
Scampi, coated with a sesame crust, fried quickly, and served with a herb salad.
November 11th 2012316 K5 35 min.
Green parsley sauce
Green parsley sauce
This sauce, with a great parsley taste, is perfect with steamed vegetables or fish. At the bottom you will find the coulis version of this recipe.
February 21th 2011554 K 44.3 25 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com

Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2026-02-08)

*Your e-mail Your first name or nickname
I am not a leaving thing
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Posted by:
I am not a leaving thing

Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
I am not a leaving thing
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.

Back to top of page