Take those beloved leftovers and turn them into the ultimate savory galette! Our Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Galette has everything you love about your holiday dinner, served open-faced on a buttery crust!
Hello, leftovers! Does anyone else find them to be the best part of the meal? If so, then this savory galette recipe is for you! Our Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Galette has it all, the mashed potatoes, the cranberry sauce, the turkey, and a drizzle of some of that leftover gravy, all served up on a buttery flakey galette crust for your new favorite slice of leftovers!
Ingredients Needed
- Leftover turkey - Whether you baked or smoked a turkey, any of that leftover meat (light or dark) is great.
- Leftover mashed potatoes - Or you could do a layer of your thinly sliced scalloped or au gratin potatoes!
- Leftover fresh cranberry sauce - Fresh is of course our preferred, but hey you could add some thin layers of the canned, too!
- Leftover gravy - To finish it all with a healthy drizzle!
- Fresh thyme - Just a little to tie it all together.
- Butter - Necessary for that savory galette crust!
- Flour - All-purpose is what we use but you can absolutely make this gluten-free and use your favorite gluten-free flour.
- Salt and Water - Just a touch
- Semolina Flour - This is a key ingredient for all galettes to put down a little dusting on the dough so that the bottom does not get soggy.
Easy to Make
Make the Galette Dough
The best thing about galettes is that they are way easier than pies. While the doughs are very similar, the work required to go into creating the crust is so much simpler and actually even better looking if it's not perfect!
Roll out the Dough
On a lightly floured surface, give that dough a roll into a thin layer, 1/8th of an inch thick, in a rough circle. It doesn't have to be perfect, remember that's part of the charm of a galette!
Add the Filling
Now this is the most important step: add some semolina flour to the base of your dough. This will help to ensure that the bottom of your galette doesn't get soggy. Then it's the fun part of adding all of the filling!
Bake!
After a quick egg wash of the edges, give that savory leftovers galette a nice bake in the oven so that the buttery flaky crust is nice and golden and those mashed potatoes are nice a pipin' hot.
Finish with Gravy
To complete this Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Galette, all it needs is what all Thanksgiving dinners need to finish off your plates with - gravy!
It almost makes it look like a sweet galette, doesn't it? But trust me, this is packed full of all of the mashed potato, turkey, and sweet tart cranberry all tied together with gravy Thanksgiving goodness that you want!
For the perfect slice and bite of Thanksgiving leftovers on a buttery flaky crust!
Recipe Tips
While mashed potato, turkey, and cranberry sauce are all of our go-to classics, you can switch it up with some stuffing, some sweet potatoes, or even some scalloped potatoes. Go wild!
This is an absolutely crucial step to ensuring that you have a nice flaky bottom crust on the galette.
Because that semolina is so important, that means that the hardest part of this recipe is making sure you have a nice spread of the potatoes, but don't mix them with the semolina. This takes a little extra work to spread, greasing a spatula so that the potatoes don't stick to it, is a good way to help with that.
Be sure to top this savory galette with the cranberries, or you can also top it before baking with gravy if you don't have the cranberries. The important piece is that you have something on your turkey so that it doesn't dry out / burn.
A plate of absolute delight, right here!
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Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Galette
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded turkey
- 2/3 cup cranberry sauce
- 1 1/2 cups mashed potatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme
- 1 cup gravy
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Galette Dough
- 1/2 cup salted butter chilled
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour 166 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chilled water
- 1 1/4 tablespoon semolina flour
- 1 egg whisked for an egg wash
Instructions
- Make Galette Dough: In a large bowl, whisk together salt and flour. Cube chilled butter add it to the flour and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour until a crumbly dough is formed. Create a well in the mixture, add the cold water, and mix until all of the flour is incorporated. Form the pastry dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and store it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Roll Out Galette: On a sheet of parchment paper, add the dough and use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll out the dough into about a 7-inch round circle. Gently slide the parchment paper with the rolled-out pastry to a baking sheet.
- Fill Galette: Warm the mashed potatoes in the microwave to ensure they are creamy and spreadable. Add some to the base of the galette and then use an oiled spatula to gently spread them in a thick layer. Be careful to keep the semolina on the base of the galette as that is what will keep the bottom from getting soggy. Leave about 1 1/2 in border of dough to be able to fold over.Add a layer of shredded leftover turkey with the thyme, salt, and pepper. Finish with a thin layer of the cranberry sauce. Do your best to cover as much of the turkey as possible with at least a little bit of the cranberry sauce to prevent the turkey from burning.
- Fold Edges: Gently fold the dough border over the filling, overlapping the edges of the dough as needed, ensuring that you close up any corners, leaving the center of the galette open.
- Egg Wash and Bake: In a small bowl, whisk the egg and then use a pastry brush to brush the folded-over edges with the egg wash.
- Bake: Add to oven and bake for 40 minutes.
- Finish with Gravy: Heat the leftover gravy either in a small saucepan on the stove or in a glass pourable pyrex in the microwave. Whisk until smooth and then drizzle on top of the galette.
- Enjoy!
Jamie
Wow! This is such a great idea for that awesome and savory galette dish! For making leftovers special! Loved it! I'll definitely keep this recipe in mind for this Holiday season!