Cherry Pizza (Pizza di Amarene)

Name: Cherry Pizza (Pizza di Amarene)
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 12 Tbsps butter, very cold; 1 egg, beaten; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 6 eggs; 177 milliliters flour, sifted before measuring; 710 milliliters flour; 946 milliliters milk; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 177 milliliters American Spoon cherry preserves, or amarene, sour cherries in syrup, drained

Cherry Pizza (Pizza di Amarene) might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 662 calories, 17g of protein, and 27g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. If you have sugar, milk, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 55 minutes.

Instructions

Set up a large, non-reactive bowl, a rubber spatula and a fine strainer next to the stove.

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In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Stir to combine and whisk in the eggs until the mixture is smooth.

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In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the milk until scalded.

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Remove the milk from heat and slowly whisk 2 cups of the hot milk into the flour and egg mixture. Return this tempered flour mixture to the saucepan with the scalded milk and cook, whisking constantly, over low heat until the mixture starts to thicken and boils, about 10 minutes.

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Immediately remove from heat and strain the pastry cream into a bowl, scraping out the pan with the spatula. Stir the vanilla into the strained pastry cream. Stir with the spatula to facilitate the cooling, and cover with parchment or waxed paper. Refrigerate until very cold.

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Meanwhile, in the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and baking powder.

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Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

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Add the eggs and pulse again until dough comes together in pieces. Turn the dough out, make into a ball and divide into 2 portions, one that's 1/3 of the total, and the other that's 2/3 of the total. Flatten each portion into a disk, wrap each in waxed paper or parchment and chill for at least 1 hour.

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

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Roll the larger disk into a 16-inch circle and fit it into a buttered 10-inch tart pan with 11/2-inch sides. Allow the dough to slightly overlap on the edges.

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Pour the chilled pastry cream into the lined tart pan and distribute the cherry preserves in dots over the cream. Using a pastry brush, brush the crust with the beaten egg.

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Roll the remaining disk into a 10-inch circle and cut into 10 1-inch strips.

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Lay the strips across the pastry cream in a lattice pattern.

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Brush the lattice with the remaining egg wash and bake on a cookie sheet in the lower third of the oven for 35 minutes, turning after 20 minutes.

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Let cool 30 minutes before removing from tart pan and serving.

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Servings:

1teaspoon

baking powder 12Tbsps

butter, very cold 1

egg, beaten 3

eggs, lightly beaten 6

eggs 177milliliters

flour, sifted before measuring 710milliliters

flour 946milliliters

milk 1pinch

Pinch salt 118milliliters

sugar 237milliliters

sugar 1teaspoon

vanilla 177milliliters

American Spoon cherry preserves, or amarene, sour cherries in syrup, drained

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are my top picks for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Casaloste Chianti Classico Riserva with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 28 dollars per bottle.