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Apple Cranberry Crostata
A rustic, free-form pie loaded with apples and dried cranberries, sprinkled with a buttery crumble topping.
Hands On: 45 minutes
Total: 1 hour 15 minutes
Makes: 8 servings (1 piece each)
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Ingredients
1-3/4 |
cups Eagle Mills® All-Purpose Unbleached Flour with Ultragrain® or Eagle Mills® Ultragrain® White Whole Wheat Flour, divided |
7 |
tablespoons granulated sugar, divided |
1/4 |
teaspoon salt |
6 |
tablespoons vegetable shortening |
6 |
tablespoons ice water |
1-1/2 |
pounds Jonagold, Braeburn or Gala apples, peeled, cored and cut into small chunks |
3/4 |
cup dried cranberries |
1/2 |
teaspoon grated orange peel (zest) |
1/2 |
teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/8 |
teaspoon ground nutmeg |
3 |
tablespoons cold Fleischmann's® Original Margarine-stick
PAM -- deleted |
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Reddi-wip® Original Whipped Light Cream |
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Directions
- Combine 1-1/2 cups of the flour, 3 tablespoons of the sugar and salt in medium bowl. Blend in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives until pebble-size crumbs form. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon ice water at a time over flour mixture and mix with a fork until moist and crumbly. Press mixture into a 5-inch disc on sheet of plastic wrap; cover and chill 15 minutes.
- Stir together apples, cranberries and orange peel in large bowl while dough is chilling; set aside. Combine the remaining 1/4 cup flour, the remaining 4 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in another medium bowl. Cut in Fleischmann’s with pastry blender until crumbly; set aside.
- Place 2 overlapping sheets of plastic wrap on a damp surface. Place chilled dough on plastic wrap. Top with 2 additional overlapping sheets of plastic wrap. Roll covered dough into 12-inch circle with a rolling pin. Place dough in freezer 5 minutes or until plastic wrap can be removed easily.
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove top sheets of plastic wrap from dough. Place dough, wrap side up, on parchment paper; remove remaining plastic wrap. Spread apple mixture on crust in even layer, leaving 1-1/2-inch border. Sprinkle flour mixture evenly over apples. Turn up edge of dough, overlapping and pressing together in 'pleats' about 12 times, to fit over apples.
- Bake 30 minutes or until crust is lightly browned and apples are tender. Let crostata stand 5 minutes before transferring on parchment paper to wire rack to cool. Cut into 8 slices; serve warm with Reddi-wip.
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Cook's Tips
Orange zest is the finely grated orange part of the rind. Do not grate into the white part as it is very bitter. A plane grater works well for this task. |
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