Yes autumn is here again and it’s brambling season. If you’re wondering what to do with all those black fruits you’ve gathered, this double blackberry chocolate galette might do the trick. It’s a rustic blackberry tart with a hidden layer of chocolate blackberry jam to give added depth and sweetness.
When Kate announced that blackberries were to be the special ingredient for this month’s We Should Cocoa, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. Ever since my first rustic gooseberry galette earlier in the year, I was dying to try one with blackberries. But it wasn’t going to be any old galette, it was a double blackberry chocolate galette.
Double Chocolate Blackberry Galette
So far so good. But how to get the chocolate part in? At first I thought I’d make a white chocolate version of the pastry as I did with this rhubarb and almond cream pasty pie, but then I remembered the chocolate blackberry jam I made last year. Woohoo, easy peasy. A case of crisp flaky pastry flavoured with cinnamon, spread with chocolate blackberry jam and then filled with fresh foraged blackberries just had to be good – and it was.
Blackberries are one of autumn’s delights, but picking them was a harder job than I was expecting. We had a solid week of rain here in Cornwall and this had a rather detrimental effect on our lovely brambles. Most of the fruit was mouldy or spoiled in some way. However, with a bit of diligence along with the usual scratches and stained hands, I managed to pick a good punnet full.
The double blackberry chocolate galette was everything I was hoping for. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this pastry recipe is the best ever; its easy to handle and it produces a beautifully flaky buttery crust. The chocolate blackberry jam added depth of flavour and sweetness and the blackberries gave their distinctive late summer essence.
If you don’t have any chocolate blackberry jam to hand and I can quite see why you wouldn’t, just use regular blackberry jam instead. Or you could try my ab fab hedgerow jelly.
Other Fruit Tart Recipes You Might Like
- Apricot frangipane tart
- Chocolate tarts with lime curd & mascarpone
- Double apple tarts with white chocolate
- Granny’s apple pie
- Honeyed fig & goat’s cheese tart
- Raspberry tarts
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Double Blackberry Chocolate Galette – The Recipe
Double Blackberry Chocolate Galette
Ingredients
Pastry
- 125 g wholemeal spelt flour
- 125 g plain flour (all purpose flour)
- 150 g unsalted butter
- pinch sea salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tbsp natural yoghurt
Filling
- 5 tbsp chocolate blackberry jam
- 400 g blackberries
- 30 g demerara sugar
- a little milk for brushing
Instructions
- Cut butter into flour, salt and cinnamon and either rub between finger tips or pulse in a food processor until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the yoghurt with a knife until the mixture comes together into a ball,
- Cover and leave to rest in the fridge or a cool place for ½ hr.
- Roll out on a floured surface into a rough circle to about 4mm in thickness.
- Place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment.
- Spread the jam over the pastry leaving about a 5 cm boarder.
- Lay the blackberries over the jam
- Sprinkle on all but a scant tbsp of the sugar.
- Fold the edges inward over the gooseberries, leaving the centre open.
- Brush the pastry edges with milk then sprinkle with the remaining sugar.
- Bake at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for 40 minutes when the blackberries should be soft, the jam bubbling and the pastry crisp and golden.
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
Sharing
- This double blackberry chocolate galette is my #WeShouldCocoa entry for September. Kate at The Veg Space is guest hosting and has chosen blackberries.
- I’m also joining in with the Great British Blackberry Recipe Round Up with Janice at Farmersgirl Kitchen and Karen at Lavender and Lovage.
- My blackberry galette also goes to the Pastry Challenge. This is hosted alternately over at United Cakedom and Jen’s Food. I’ve only entered once before and submitted a galette then, so I hope Lisa and Jen don’t mind.
- It’s purple and blues over at the Vegetable Palette at A2K – A Seasonal Veg Table, so this rustic French blackberry tart fits in very nicely.
Jacqui Bellefontaine says
ohh how interesting I have never tried or heard of chocolate blackberry jam, will have to give that ago. and this galatte just looks fabulous
Choclette says
Thanks Jacqui. Pastry has always been a bit of an issue for me, but since I discovered galettes there’s been no stopping me. The chocolate blackberry jam is a fun concept, but also delicious.
Shaheen says
I love this, but its the chocolate blackberry jam that has me most excited. Thanks so much for sharing with FruitPalette, the round up should be up very soon
Choclette says
The chocolate blackberry jam was really good, though I didn’t pick enough blackberries to make any this year.
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says
Now you make me wanna drop everything thing and go black berry picking with my youngest.
Choclette says
But of course Bintu, it’s the perfect time for brambling.
Janie says
Corrr, what a treat! Love the sound of the chocolatey blackberry filling, bet that tasted good on its own too 🙂
Janie x
Choclette says
Ah, not bad at all Janie – those brambles go surprisingly well with chocolate 😉
Lisa says
I too have never tried a galette and your right it looks super easy! Must give making one a go! Our usual blackberry bushes that we pick from haven’t been very good this year, but I do love fresh blackberries!! I must try to make something with them and chocolate for this month’s We Should Cocoa!! Thank you for sharing yours in this month’s pastry challenge!
Choclette says
Yes do try making one Lisa. I haven’t tried it, but I expect it would work brilliantly with apples too. Would be lovely to have an entry from you for #WeShouldCocoa
Sara @ Life's Little Sweets says
This looks so good, I want to try to make a galette, yum!
Choclette says
Ah it’s so worth trying Sara and they are really quite simple.
Sylvia @ Happiness is homemade says
Must admit I ‘ve never tried galette before and I really want to! Looking at yours makes me wanna bake my own 😉
Choclette says
It’s so easy to make Sylvia, if I can do it anyone can 😉
Alida says
Your galette looks delish Choclette. It seems very simple to make and wonderful with blackberries. There are so many in the fields now and it would be a shame not to pick them.
Have a good week x
Choclette says
Go pick them Alida, it would be a shame indeed as it will be another whole year before we see them again. This tart is really simple. I’ve made it slightly more complicated by adding jam 😉
Sarah says
Choclette! You always bake such amazing sounding desserts – this blackberry galette is to die for! I totally get what you mean about the blackberries – I battled it out with them earlier this week. They’re delicious, but those bushes sure make you work for it!
Choclette says
Ah thank you Sarah. I have a terrible sweet tooth and like my cakes and desserts. Blackberries certainly like to give as good as they get. What did you make with yours?
Claire @foodiequine says
I’ve never made a galette before but this looks lovely. No brambles yet in Scotland – still green and hard, but I have some in the freezer from last year.
Choclette says
I do tend to think of brambles as September fruit Claire, but ours have been out for a while – still plenty of hard green ones though.
Janice says
This looks so good. I have some spiced blackberry jam that would do very well for this recipe!
Choclette says
Oh yes Janice, that sounds perfect.
Diana says
This looks very delicious but I wish we had blackberries here! They can be found but they’re very very expensive. I think that this would pair well with some vanilla ice cream
Choclette says
No blackberries? Use another fruit Diana. This tart would work well with lots of fruit. I shall be working my way through them all, so can verify that at some future date 😉
the caked crusader says
The colours are so gorgeous – food porn!
Choclette says
Ah, I don’t often get that accolade CC 🙂
Tracy says
I really like the idea of your pastry and your galette recipe sounds very simple. I’d eat yours with a big blob of cream!
Choclette says
Haha Tracy, we did eat ours with a big blob of cream – Cornish clotted cream 😉
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
Such a beautiful galette! The crust is so flaky and that filling so juicy…a terrific combo!
Choclette says
Thanks Angie, I’m still quite new to galettes and can’t get over just how good they are.
Kate | The Veg Space says
Wow that looks absolutely delicious Choclette, I could dive right in! Thanks for submitting to the challenge and look forward to seeing others’ creations soon!
Choclette says
Thanks Kate. One of the joys of seasonal produce that each one seems the most delicious thing ever and then the next one comes along – hard to get bored.
Dom says
that looks so amazing! I love the chocolate jam, that’s genius. So pretty. We have loads of blackberries here. I need to go a foraging!
Choclette says
Oh you do Dom. I hope you have better luck than I did.
Lucy @ BakingQueen74 says
This looks delicious! I must try a galette soon, they are a great way to make a pud.
Choclette says
It’s so much easier than making a tart and just as, if not more delicious.
Sammie says
The pastry looks absolutely delicious and I love blackberries. Foraging for blackberries is such a British past time. I’ve loved teaching our children which ones to pick and those to leave for the birds. This Galette is gorgeous. Sammie
Choclette says
Thanks Sammie. This pastry works so well for me. I used to have dreadful problems. This has consistently turned out a beautiful flaky pastry that goes particularly well with tarts and pies – touches wood! Glad you are passing on such an important tradition to your children as brambling 🙂