Apple Crostata

Name: Apple Crostata
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 Tbsps butter, cut up; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 Tbsps cream; 118 milliliters creme fraiche; 1 egg yolk; 473 milliliters flour; 4 to 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored and sliced into eighths; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar

Apple Crostata might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 1. One serving contains 3068 calories, 35g of protein, and 156g of fat. This recipe covers 53% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up egg yolk, flour, cream, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

In a mixer with the paddle attachment, mix 8 tablespoons of the butter, flour, salt, and 2 tablespoons of the sugar until sandy. In a separate bowl, blend the egg yolk and the creme fraiche.

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Creme Fraiche

Egg Yolk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Add the blended egg yolk and creme fraiche to the flour mixture and mix until barely combined. Form into a disk and chill. Meanwhile toss the sliced apples with 1/2 cup of the sugar and cinnamon.

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Creme Fraiche

Cinnamon

Egg Yolk

Apple

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Roll out the dough to a 1/8-inch thickness on a floured surface and cut out 8-inch disks or 1 large round disk and place on a parchment lined sheet pan.

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Dough

Roll

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Frying Pan

Place the apples in the center of the dough, leaving a 2-inch flap of dough around the edge. Fold over the flap onto the apples, forming a rustic, uneven rim around the crostada. (The apples should NOT be completely covered with the dough.) Dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.

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Apple

Butter

Dough

Brush the edge with the cream and sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar.

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Cream