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Apple Crostata Recipe
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Midgelet / All my dishes 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Really easy, a Barefoot Contessa recipe. Dough is made in the food processor
Crostata is like an open fruit pie and there are many variations, dough pleated, and folded over unbaked apples or fruit . An extra orange glaze and coarse sugar are a... More
Prep:15m Cook:25m Servings:6
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Ingredients
- Pastry,
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated or superfine sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) very cold unsalted butter, diced
- 2 tablespoons ice water
- for the filling:
- 1 1/2 pounds McIntosh, macoun, or empire apples; (3 large)
- 1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup granulated or superfine sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 4 tb cold unsalted butter, diced
Directions
- For the pastry, place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food
- processor fitted with a steel blade.
- Pulse a few times to combine.
- Add the butter and pulse 12 to 15 times, or until the butter is the size
- of peas.
- With the motor running, add the ice water all at once through the feed tube.
- Keep hitting the pulse button to combine, butstop the machine just before the dough becomes a solid mass.
- Turn the dough onto a well-floured board and form into a disk.
- Wrap with plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Flour a rolling pin and roll the pastry into an 11-inch circle on a
- lightly floured surface.
- Transfer it to a baking sheet.
- For the filling, peel, core, and cut the apples into 8th's.
- Cut each wedge into 3 chunks.
- Toss the chunks with the orange zest.
- Cover the tart dough with the apple chunks leaving a 1 1/2-inch border.
- Combine the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and allspice in the bowl of
- a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
- Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is crumbly.
- Pour into a bowl and rub it with your fingers until it starts holding together.
- Sprinkle evenly on the apples.
- Gently fold the border over the apples to enclose the dough,
- pleating it to make a circle.
- Bake the Crostata for 20 to 25 minutes, until the crust is golden and
- the apples are tender.
- Allow to cool.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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momo_55grandma 10 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Love apple anything and this sounds soooo good thanks high5
gagagrits 10 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This is a keeper....:)
jett2whit 10 months, 3 weeks ago said:
What a pretty picture....was that your creation?
herby 10 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Yum! thanks for sharing