Apple Galette - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups flour
    1 tablespoon sugar
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/2 cup cold butter
    2 tablespoons cold butter
    1 large egg yolk
    2 lbs tart apples (3-5)
    1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
    1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
    1 large egg, beaten
Preparation
    In a large bowl combine flour, sugar and salt.
    Add 1/2 cup cold butter and cut into dry ingredients until it resembles coarse meal.
    Add egg yolk and 2 tablespoons water, stir until mixture forms a ball.
    Form dough into flat disk, wrap in plastic wrap and chill about 1 hour.
    Peel and core apples, cutting each into 8 wedges.
    In a pan over medium heat add remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Add apples.
    Cook apples over heat until edges slightly brown, then add brown sugar and nutmeg. Cook another 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
    Roll dough into circle on lightly floured surface.
    Carefully transfer dough to parchment-lined baking sheet.
    Pour apple mixture into center of pastry mounding apples in center.
    Gently fold edges of dough over apples, pleating as you go, leaving an opening about 4 inches wide in the center. Brush pastry with beaten egg.
    Bake in 375 degree oven about 40-45 minutes (until pastry is brown and apples are tender when pricked).

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