Apple-Cranberry Crostada

Name: Apple-Cranberry Crostada
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams Macintosh apples (or other soft-textured apples that fall apart when cooked), peeled, quartered, cored, and sliced 1/4-inch thick; 3 Tbsps butter; 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 907 grams Granny Smith apples (or other firm, crisp apples), peeled, quartered, cored and sliced 1/4-inch thick; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed but still cold (follow package directions); 1 Tbsp sugar

Apple-Cranberry Crostadan is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 326 calories, 3g of protein, and 16g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It works well as a side dish. If you have sugar, egg white, cranberries, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Add apples, 1/2 cup sugar and cranberries; cover and cook until apples release their liquid, about 5 minutes.

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Sugar

Remove lid and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until soft apples fall apart and juices thicken to a thin-syrup consistency, about 5 minutes longer.

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Syrup

Pour onto a large-lipped cookie sheet or jellyroll pan and cool to room temperature. (Can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 5 days.)

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Adjust oven rack to low position and heat oven to 400 degrees. Open puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured work surface.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

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Roll into a rectangle, about 10 by 16 inches.

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Roll

Transfer to a large cookie sheet. (I suggest lining the sheet with parchment paper; this ensures the crostada doesn't stick and allows easy cleanup.)

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Spread cooked apples over pastry, leaving a 2-inch border. Fold up pastry borders over apples. Unfold corners and form ruffled creases to keep dough from overlapping.

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