Fig & Apple Galette

Oh, I love galettes!

  I have a thing for rustic looking desserts, free form pastries, things that I imagine a French grandmother with a chignon making.  I wish I were a chignoned French grandmother. 

 I am not.  

I foresee a period of obsessive galette making.  Yes, I think I'll make a bunch of galette dough tomorrow and freeze it.  That is the other great thing about French-type pastry doughs...they freeze beautifully.  You can make them and wrap them tightly and then store them for up to 3 months. 

I'll tell you something about this fig and apple galette: the small extra something, almost imperceptible but absolutely wonderful part of this galette was brushing it with a homemade orange honey glaze and then sprinkling it with sugar that had been mixed with orange zest.  

This dessert makes me anxious for the Fall.  

The Little Next Door

 I love French food.   While Saeyoung was here for Thanksgiving break we went to the Little Next Door in West Hollywood, which was adorable and very cobalt blue.  The service was, ehem, very French.  Saeyoung made the mistake of asking for ketchup for her pomme frites and I'm pretty sure we were the equivalent of lepers after that.  Nevertheless, the french onion soup was possibly the best I've ever had.  Saeyoung ordered a proscuitto sandwich (not pictured) and I ordered a lox sandwich with celery root salad.  We also had a lavender macaroon (also, not pictured), which was fantastic.  They had, what looked like, an amazing wine list though we weren't much for drinking that early in the day. Next time though.

The Little Next Door

8164 3rd st

Los Angeles, Ca 90048