Ingredients
For the 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 tablespoons (1/2 stick) 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, but stop 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 8ths. 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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By casaheather
Okanagan, BC
on January 19, 2012
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love this pastry! I mixed the apples with the flour mixture before putting into the pie shell (by mistake and my guests loved it!!! I did bake longer than the required time to brown the base.
By bethvk_10638686
Santa Fe, NM
on December 03, 2011
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Simply delicious. Tart dough is sturdy,crisp and cuts beautifully. Apples in season elevate the filling to something special.
By dellielj_802603
Lancaster, CA
on November 22, 2011
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I have made this more than once and is going to make it again and again. I have compared so many Crostata TO THIS ONE, Ina has the only one that is so simple and yet so delicious. Thank you Ina. 5+ STARS TO YOU!
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