It’s no secret that Southerners LOVE their pies—we’ll devour them in any shape, size, or form. Fresh and flavorful summer fruit pies? You bet. Crunchy, piping hot hand pies? Swoon.

Mixed summer fruit is sold frozen all year ... the sweetened excess juice with a little arrowroot. If using them in a pie, thicken the juice with cornflour.

The primary reason I make mini galettes in late summer is because, like a pie, large galettes still require a heap of ...