gluten free dark chocolate cherry hazelnut galettes {giveaway}
(Giveaway is closed.) Say hello to my new favorite mini desserts.
Hello, mini desserts!
Maybe you think you only have eyes for mini cupcakes. Maybe you’re convinced your heart only goes pitter-patter for petit fours or widdle bebe cheesecakes (I’m practicing my baby talk). For me, it’s all about the mini galettes — these especially, what with their hazelnut flour crusts and dark chocolate cherry filling, om nom nom.
One bite, and I think you might ditch those cupcakes and hop aboard my bandwagon. Just you wait.
This was my first foray into baking with Bob’s Red Mill’s hazelnut flour — which is essentially really fine-ground hazelnuts, which means it is tasty but also, gluten free. Being that I’m not strictly a gluten free baker, I was a wee hesitant to go down this road (it is a road of many battles with tough dough and tasteless food for me, I’ll admit). But this flour? It’s amazing, truly. It’s lower in carbohydrates than regular flour and provides a good amount of vitamin E and monounsaturated fats in your diet. And it makes one yummy, soft, flaky, hazelnutty pie crust that I will love and use for years to come.
I’ll speak truth here and tell you that the hazelnut flour pie dough is slightly finickier and more fragile than a regular pie dough, but only by a little bit. I mean, a widdle bit. And it’s nothing that a brief jaunt in the freezer can’t fix. So if you find yourself struggling to keep the dough together, just cover it with plastic wrap and let it chill in the freezer for a few minutes. It’ll be as good as new.
As for the filling, it’s basic: Just some dark sweet cherries and dark chocolate chips that, I will have you know, get slightly melty in the baking process and thus have been known to weaken the knees. I also brushed each galette with some egg wash and sprinkled the tops with sugar. And then baked them. And that was it (besides the eating, that is). Easy peasy.
To conclude, I came away from this journey with the following revelations: 1) I heart mini galettes, forever and ever, 2) Dark chocolate + cherries = heaven on the taste buds and 3) Hazelnut flour = easy, delicious and not at all intimidating. I need more of it in my life.
And in case you feel the same, you’re in luck! Bob’s Red Mill is generously offering one lucky reader a set of their nut flours/meals: Coconut Flour, Hazelnut Meal/Flour and Almond Meal/Flour. Yippee!
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below answering the question: What is your favorite mini dessert? (No bonus entries if you answer mini galettes, but 1,000 brownie points and heart emojis from me.)
And that’s it! Giveaway ends Sunday, March 30 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
Good luck, friends! And happy weekend.
Update: Sarah is our winner. Thanks for playing, everyone!
PrintGluten Free Dark Chocolate Cherry Hazelnut Galettes
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 4 mini galettes 1x
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 cup Bob’s Red Mill hazelnut meal/flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon heavy cream
For the filling:
- 1 1/4 cups pitted sweet cherries (fresh or frozen and thawed), halved
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- Granulated or raw sugar, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients for crust in a food processor. Process just until a dough ball forms. Pat dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in freezer for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Uncover dough and divide into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece between two sheets of plastic wrap dusted with cornstarch into a 4-inch circle. Transfer circles to prepared baking sheet. Return to freezer for 10 minutes.
- Top each dough circle with cherries and chocolate chips, leaving a 1-inch border. Fold up the crust around the filling, leaving the filling exposed in the center. Whisk egg white and heavy cream together in a small bowl; brush mixture over each pie. Sprinkle lightly with sugar.
- Bake 15 to 17 minutes until pie crust is deep golden brown and baked through and filling just begins to bubble. Cool completely on baking sheet before serving.
Disclosure: I am an ambassador for Bob’s Red Mill and received compensation for recipe development purposes. All opinions are my own.
Mini-cannolis! It’s the Italian in me!
My favorite mini dessert is a mini fruit tart!!!
Key lime tartlets
I love mini (personal pan) brownies! Crispy edges and gooey center for everyone!
My favorite mini desserts are mini cheesecakes! 🙂
Mini Ice cream sundae’s! They are the way to my heart!
Mini chocolate tarts!
Dark chocolate and cherries sound amazing!! These mini galettes look so delicious and will disappear in a heart beat my favorite mini dessert are brownies 🙂
Mini pies, made in a muffin tin. Crust is 90% of the point of pie in my opinion, and this ups the ratio of crust to filling 🙂 Plus, if you mix some dark cocoa powder and sugar into the pie dough and blind bake them, these are awesome ice cream sundae holders!
Dark chocolate truffles. I am very interested in trying Bob’s Red Mill flour, would love to win!
I love anything with nuts so mini nut cups with a flaky crust have to rank high up there! The recipe looks perfectly delish!
These mini desserts are awesome and just what I need.
Mini cupcakes. So much easier to eat than the full size!
Chocolate galettes?! I love you.
Mini cheesecakes (not bite size – a step up!) are wonderful! Those look delicious too.
I love a mini-pie. The crust to filling ratio is fantastic!
I love mini galettes.. this dark chocolate cherry action has me drooling..
I love a mini cupcake – but only with a good icing to cake ratio. 😉
Mini donuts – definitely! I’ve recently become obsessed with baking donuts. They just steal my heart (and my calories for the day)!
As soon as I saw these galettes I was like OMGG They look soo good and chocolaty! I can’t believe they are also gluten free! Gotta try these soon. Pinned!
Gah, I CAN’T wait to try the hazelnut flour! My favorite mini dessert is homemade mini peanut butter cups 🙂 I can’t eat just one. But these galettes might become my new fave!
mini fruit tarts!
I like all kinds of mini desserts, but I once made some cherry chocolate tarts in a mini muffin tin that were crazy delicious.
These are adorable and I love the flavor combination! I have to go with cupcakes… minis always have the best cake to frosting ratio:-)
Mini cheesecakes are the winner for me!
I really love little two-bite brownies baked in mini muffin tins, especially if they have a swirl of buttercream on top. These look really good, too, though! I actually made gluten-free cherry galettes with almond flour last summer, and can’t wait to try your hazelnut flour dough.
I like to layer chocolate mousse and cookie crumbs together in mini glasses.
I love making brownies in mini muffin pans. I’m all about the brownie corners, so it’s perfect for me!
OH NELLY, I love these with all my might!! I’m obsessed with BRM hazelnut meal, and the chocolate/cherry combo just sounds faaaantastic! These things are gorgeous! A galette a dark keeps the doctor away, right? Right!
Mini cupcakes! I don’t usually read gluten free recipes. But may give this one a try. I’m thinking almond flour would work too!
Guinness mini cupcakes. Moist and tasty.
I love mini brownies baked in mini muffin tins!
I still have a thing for cake pops ! Or pie pops ! (My sister bought me a pie pop machine a few Christmases ago :-P)
I love galettes and these mini ones are so perfect. Of course I love that they are chocolate 🙂 My favorite mini dessert is truffles. I love any and all kinds- chocolate, coconut, cookie dough.
Mini fruit tarts!
Mini pecan pie tarts 🙂 But these look delicious and I can’t wait to give them a try! I love that they are made with hazelnut flour, since I can no longer have wheat.
I love mini brownies…especially Bailey’s brownies! Would love to give these flours a try! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!!
Mini brownies! Just a way to have brownies and feel not too worried about the calories 😛 We have tried a few Bob’s Red Mill products, bulgur (substitute for rice, or mix with rice), buckwheat flour (make savory frech crepes!) and brown rice. Would love to try these flours to make bread or desserts!!
Dark chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream.
I loooove cherries and chocolate. My favorite thing about Christmas is the chocolate covered cherries. I pretty much love you for creating this tasty looking dessert.
Hmm my favorite mini dessert is probably mini donuts. The powdered sugar variety.
Mini pecan pies! 🙂
I’d have to say my Aunt Kate’s mini cheesecakes are hands down my fave mini dessert 😉
Mini key lime pies
I find mini desserts make me feel less guilty when I eat more than two of them every time! I got to try your recipe for crust; sounds so flavourful
I like mascarpone strawberry mini muffins (Giada’s recipe).
I love mini cheesecakes!
mini cupcakes are my favorite!
mini ice cream sandwiches!
These look amazing! One of my favorite mini desserts are salted chocolate brownie bites 🙂
My fav small dessert is always a GOOD cookie & I’m ready to try some of Bob’s hazelnut flour to make some!!!
Mini cupcakes!!
I loove mini fruit tarts! Sometimes they’re so cute and lovely I’d rather just look at them than eat them!
anything chocolate, but mostly brownies…
dark chocolate and cherry is favorite combination of mine so I would be going for this version of mini
These sound delicious – I love the flavor combination of chocolate, cherries, and hazelnuts 🙂 My favorite miniature dessert are the mini pecan tarts that my grandma and my mom make at the holidays.
These are the cutest galettes! My favorite mini dessert is probably hand pies :).
My new favorite mini desert is hazelnut galette. Thank you
Mini brownies, but I am going to try this recipe! Not a fan of hazelnuts, so would the almond flour work just as well? I am a huge fan of cherries and dark chocolate!
Andrea — I haven’t made the crust with the almond flour before so I can’t answer that — worth a try, though!
Thanks Stephanie. I definitely will give it a try. 🙂
Mini cheesecakes!
I’ve never had mini galettes (or regular sized ones for that matter) so I’m going to have to go with mini cupcakes! Or mini, cupcake sized cheesecakes. Yum!
So cute!! My mom has this mini-pie baker and it makes the most adorable pies!
Mini tarts, especially pecan tarts. I would love to win! I use Bob’s Red Mill almond flour and would love to try others.
Mini tartlets! With some tasty berries on top! (Although I do like these gallettes too!)
Mini cheesecakes tooootally!!!! Oh my this combo is genius! Hazelnuts, cherries, and that almost melty chocolate! I die! Well not really, but I want to make these.
I really need to do more baking with nut flours! These look incredible! And my favorite mini desserts have to be mini cheesecakes.
mini-cheesecakes, cute and delicious
I’m drooling! These look amazing. My study abroad friends bought little ramekins and a torch for my wedding gift – I’m a lover of mini creme brulees!
My favorite mini dessert is mini Guinness cupcakes with Irish cream frosting! Not just for St. Paddies day…I make them all year!!
Mini fruit tarts are my fave but these little mini galettes are going on my to make list for next week!
I love bob’s red mill so much. I haven’t tried their nut flours but I definitely will have to soon. These look delicious!
Umm… Mini anything so I can eat more?
Oh hello, hello, hellllllllllo! These little babies need to get in my life.
Mini apple tarts with nuts and crumbs are the perfect ending to the day!
Mini brownies are easily my favorite mini-desserts, although I will have to try this galettes recipe for my mom, who has celiac disease.
i love any mini desserts as long as i can have 10 of them. what are those mini-doozie things from the great american cookie company? those. also, i heart bob’s red mill.
Mini galettes! Obvs. 😉 (Tartlets, actually. I think. At least for today.)
Mini cinnamon muffins!
I don’t have one yet :(. This looks amazing ! I need gluten free and chocolate is tops ! I don’t very sugary desserts so this is perfect !
Chocolate coconut no-bake cookies. Tho I can’t wait to try this hazelnut flour dough.
oooh i love bob’s red mill! i think my favorite ‘mini’ dessert has to be truffles. these galettes, however, look divine. i can’t wait to try this recipe out!
What a great giveaway. I love experimenting with different types of flours/meals. My favorite mini dessert is Baby Tiramisu.
Mini donut holes!
Love Bob’s Red Mill products – consistently great quality! I haven’t tried their hazelnut flour yet, but your galettes look fantastic so I am going to have to try using it.
Mini cheesecakes are my favorite!
Mini fruit pies, simple yet flavorful much like a galette.
Mini cheese cakes are the best
These look divine!!! So delectable and adorable all at the same time!
My favorite mini dessert is My Great-Grandmother’s Pecan Tassies. Oh yeah. So good.
I absolutely love mini raw cheesecakes *-* they are to die for. The recipes filled with soaked cashews are beyond amazing!
Blueberry crumbles, make in ramekins instead of 9×13… heaven!
Mini pies and cakes out of an old school Easy Bake Oven!
mini fruit tarts
Stephanie, I love to make mini desserts because I’ve always heard that the smaller the dessert the less calories, so i figure that I can eat as many as i want without worrying about the calories! Right? Well, in reality we all wish that was true don’t we! My very favorite mini dessert is Lemon Pie Nuggets and they are perfect for Spring and Summer months.
I have to say, I’m super impressed that you made a hazelnut-only crust. Total gluten-free accomplishment. My favorite mini dessert is definitely the brownie bites from babycakes here in nyc. They’re so good.
Mini eclairs!! Mmmm!!
mini cheesecakes
I heart these mini-gallettes – they’re so pretty and adorable! The hazelnut flour sounds amazing with the dark chocolate and cherries – pinning!
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Love, Love, Love Salted Chocolate Rye Cookies made with Bob’s Red Mill Dark Rye Flour!
I would say my favorite thus far are mini cheesecakes- bits of creamy, heavenly goodness!
bite sized cheesecake squares 🙂
I like mini-cheesecakes, but your galettes look very yummy.
I have a tiny heart springform pan that would technically count as two servings that I love to use for a raw cheesecake to split with my husband. Romantic, and perfectly portioned! Does that count?
OMG you are killing me. Gorgeous!!!
awwww steph i love these!!!
These are adorable! I love mini desserts and make them all the time. Mini tartlets are definitely my favorite (so close to a mini galette).
My favorite mini dessert is tiramisu in a shot glass!
I haven’t tried these mini galettes yet, so I can’t quite say, but I love those tiny hand pies, which are pretty close to galettes!
Love anything mini! Cannoli’s probably would be my first choice however!
my favorite is mini chocolate chip muffins!!!!
Chocolate anything is my favorite so yeah, dark chocolate cherry hazelnut galettes would probably leap to the top of the list.
Gosh these are definitely enticing looking. I love hazelnut. And they make flour out of those nuts????? Gluten free is fast becoming part of our lives like dairy free. Luckily I don’t have a problem, but friends and family do. So all the recipes that are popping up certainly is helpful for all. Its awesome that so many are absolutely delicious—-I suspect this is one of them.
Favorite mini dessert—–well I went to a buffet lunch at the Empress Hotel in Victoria BC. They served mini crème brulee cups. I thought I had entered another dimension. They were soooooooo good and you could have as many as you wanted.
I love any type of mini pies! I will definitely try the mini galettes. They look delicious!
My favorite mini dessert are mini chocolate cheesecakes, gluten free of course.
Could you substitute coconut cream for the heavy cream and make the recipe dairy free as well?
I really like mini cheesecake bites!
Susan — I can’t guarantee it would have the same results as I haven’t tried that before, but you can certainly try!
I love mini fruit tarts!
Anything with chocolate chips and nuts. Mini galettes fit the bill.
I love sweets, especially dark chocolate, cherries and hazelnuts, I love easy-to make and I eat gluten-free, so the mini chocolate cherry galettes are a win-win-win favorite for me.
I only made mini galettes once, ages ago, and I think they were GF as well! I think because they’re so cute and mini, rolling out more annoying dough doesn’t feel as intimidating. I know I would love the hazelnut flavor in these!!
And favorite mini dessert…hmmm. Maybe doughnut holes.
I love mini-pies!
My favorite is raspberry mini galettes.
Macarons!
I’m all about mini pies, tarts, and galettes!! Those are my favorite kinds of minis 🙂
I have no idea what a mini dessert is. I come from a family that a mini dessert is half a pie. I only wish I were kidding. 🙂
anything, but I would think mini dairy free cheesecakes, but yours look amazing!
Hazelnut flour add the most wonderful taste to pastry, doesn’t it? The little galettes are gorgeous and so tempting!
Mini caneles!
I’m a fan of mini pies and tarts!
I’m a sucker for all things small and sweet, but my favorite might be a Caramel Mocha Cupcake.
And I just started a gluten free diet for health reasons, this giveaway would be awesome!
Mini trifles are definitely my favorite
This is difficult. I sat for forever and a day trying to decide the cream of the crop, but then I figured, brownies beat baked goods of all kinds, so mini brownies it is! Plus I get to eat “more”, ya know what I mean. Or if a mini pumpkin pie with a mini crust existed, I’d be laughing and loving. It’d work perfect for a Barbie thanksgiving! HA!
Gramma B’s mini fruit cakes were delicious mini bites of heaven….
I recently made some miniature chocolate rice crispy candies which were basically cocoa powder and coconut oil + honey with peanut butter frosting and they were AMAZING….and good for me! New favorite.
Love mini cheesecakes or turnovers!
Mini cream puffs!!
cream puffs! little mini profiteroles.
🙂
I just had the tiniest, itty-bittiest coconut macaroon yesterday at a fancy birthday dinner restaurant. IT WAS AMAZING. AND SO FREAKING ADORABLE. Literally the size of a nickel.
Mini muffins involving chocolate berries and turbano sugar crispy tops. Mini muffins = more muffin tops.
mini mousse filled tarts
Mini apple pies.
cream puffs
Mini pies!
Mini cupcakes lots of them!
mini fruit crumb/cobblers! wicked spoon in vegas has so many amazing mini desserts you need to try that buffet just for the desserts 🙂
i love mini fruit tarts, your galettes look amazing!
Mini-pies. That’s almost a mini-galette, so I’ll be trying these for sure!
I love mini muffin type brownie bites and mini cupcakes. Mini desserts are a great way to indulge…just a little. 😉
Oh, and I must try these Gluten Free Dark Chocolate Cherry Hazelnut Galettes! The look and sound so delicious- my mouth is watering! 🙂
Mini cupcakes! Though I can get in trouble since they are so pop-able and end up eating way more than a regular sized cupcake.
Mini apple pies are my absolute favorite, but I certainly feel tempted by these galettes! I’ll have to give them a try sometime soon.
Vanilla bourbon cupcakes with a strawberry and creme layer! It’s on the bigger side of mini but I love them so I’m counting it.
I like sort of piling stuff in muffin tins and making mini cakes
My favorite mini dessert is microwave mug cake.
Mini cheesecakes!
love apple galettes ! i will try this recipe
bookmarking these! and mini muffin tin brownies with a reese’s cup stuck in the middle. (right after they come out of the oven, try it!)
I love lemon tarts!
my favorite dessert, mini or otherwise, is french silk pie! so i would have to say mini french silk pie 😉
It’s hard to choose just one- the best part of mini desserts is less guilt over eating more than one! But my favorite is probably mini cheesecakes.
I like mini chocolate tarts or cannolis or cupcakes.
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Mini Brownies or Cookies! Yum Yum!
Mine would be a cake in a cup. especially anything with coconut in it.
My favorite dessert is anything with chocolate. I love chocolate covered pretzels!! 🙂
Mini cupcakes can suck it – I’ll take galettes over their sorry selves any day! I can’t *believe* those crusts are pure hazelnut flour. Mind equals blown. These look indeed like heaven on the tastebuds – what a lovely combination of flavors.
I love mini creme brulees
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites are my favorite.
I love mini cupcakes! They’re the perfect bite of frosting and cake
Mini lemon cheesecakes. Yum 🙂
Love this recipe! My favorite mini dessert is definitely mini fruit pizza’s on the sugar cookie crust!!!
I adore Mini Cheesecakes for dessert. It’s so rich that you only need a few bites, and it’s the best way to sample a few different flavors and get your required Dessert Quota. <—- totally a thing
Let me first start off my saying this…Hi, my name is Jeff and I am a chocoholic! I normally don’t use the words “mini” and “dessert” in the same sentence but if I had to choose it would be a pie/galette. Hand pies are just cool, portable and fun to eat. FYI, my favorite flavor combination is chocolate/peanut butter, chocolate/cherry is a close second!
I like mini cupcakes that are just a few bites
I like mini Tiramisu.
Wow…. just found your website and I want to make….every….single….thing!
Anyhoo! Favorite mini dessert? I’d say cheesecakes. And, I can totally envision making a cheesecake crust with a nut flour mixture rather than they typical graham cracker crust.
Hand pies, hands down.
This just looks delicious. Like you, I am always hesitant about baking gluten-free, but I think you were very successful with this recipe and I cannot wait to try it out!