Apricot Cherry Galette

What I look forward to most in the summer? Stone fruit! We have trees, our neighbors have trees, and when the fruit on a tree ripens, it usually ripens all at once, setting up a flurry of activity. We eat (more like gorge on) the fresh fruit, make pies and cobblers, and freeze, dry, and can whatever’s left.

Apricots and cherries come into season about this time, early summer, which is a great excuse to pair them in a rustic tart such as this one.

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