WINTER APPLE CROSTATA
Serves: 12
WINTER APPLE CROSTATA
Ready in: 1 H & 30 MTotal time: 1 H & 30 M
Here is the perfect, easy, no-fail dessert for you that can be put together in mere minutes and takes less than 30 minutes to bake. The crust comes together quickly and is then simply pressed into the tart pan. Lana loves cornmeal so we added some to the crust for a really great rustic texture. It's super easy to make and serves 8.
Ingredients
- 4 baking apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch dice (I love to bake with Braeburn apples)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
FOR THE CRUST:
- 9 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup finely ground cornmeal
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
- Vanilla Bean Gelato
Instructions
- In a sauté pan, heat the butter until melted and add the apples, sugar and cinnamon. Toss together and cook for about 10 minutes over medium heat or until the apples are tender.
- Mix together the butter and sugar with a hand mixer until well blended. Add the egg and egg yolk and continue to mix just until smooth. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cornmeal, salt, walnuts, baking powder and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix just until the dough comes together.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Take about 3/4 of a cup of the dough mixture, mix it with the chopped walnuts and set it aside. Press the remaining dough into the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Spoon the apple mixture into the crust. Using your fingers, break up the remaining crust mixture into small pea-sized pieces and drop along the outer edges of the tart.
- Bake the tart in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes or until it is lightly browned. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with Vanilla Bean Gelato.