Crosata -Daring bakers challenge November 2010
Hi
The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.
This months was an easy one. Simona challenged us to make Crosata which is known as a tart too and is an Italian dessert.The base of Crosata is made from paste frolla which is sweet short crust pastry. The filling can be varied ranging from jams, friut preserves, fresh fruits, pastry cream, ricotta ……The options are many:-)
I baked the crosata with apple and apple butter which i had prepared earlier.
INGREDIENTS
Superfine sugar 1/2 cup-1 tbsp
All purpose flour 1 3/4 cup
Egg 1
Butter( cold) 8tbsp
Zest of half a lemon
PREPARATION
Whisk the flour , salt and sugar in a bowl
Add the butter and mix well till it resembles like coarse crumbs
Make a well in the center of this mixture and add the beaten egg to it
Add the lemon zest too
Mix well and knead the dough into a ball.
Wrap the dough in a cling film and refrigerate for 2 hours . This can be refrigerated overnight too
FILLING
Apple butter 1 cup
APPles chopped finely 1
Raisins 2 tbsp
ASSEMBLING AND BAKING THE CROSATA
Preheat the oven to 190 C
Take the dough out of the oven
Roll the dough (nearly 3mm) inbetween two flour dusted parchment papers
Transfer this into a pie dish, Remove any extra dough hanging out of the sides
Prick the base with a fork. Keep it back into the fridge for another 15 minutes
Take it out of the frigde and spread the filling
Roll out the extra dough and cut it into thin strips or any other fancy shapes
Use these cut strips to make a lattice at the top
Brush the strips with beaten eggs
Bake till the crust becomes rich brown. IT took nearly 40 minutes for me
THE VERDICT
Well I liked it and my husband loved it, so did my mother-in-law but my daughter:-( ……She isn’t that sweety sweety type:-( Hey don’t get me wrong..SHE IS THE SWEETEST CHILD:-)……MY SWEET LOVE….MY LIFE…….It is only that she does not like much sweets She liked the tart base though:-) She said that it tasted like these biscuits which i had earlier baked for daring bakers challenge
Your sweet daughter is very perceptive the dough makes a wonderful not to sweet biscuit. And your final baked version is so so cute I love it. Wonderful work on this challenge. Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.
they look awesome —wow!!
that was truly a treat to my eyes……. when will i have the previlege to taste it !!!!!!!!
looks so lovely dear…..
That piece looks inviting.
You did well in challenge. Love the apple butter filling. Nice crosata.
Yummy crosata, very tempting..
designe is lookingvery nice and crostata is delicious
I used apples and apple butter too. I am glad your daughter liked the crust.
Awesome and delectable crosata, great job here!
US Masala
wow…looks delicious and very tempting….
Mmmmm sounds and looks delicious! Love the idea of apples with apple butter. 🙂 Great job on the challenge.
Looks fantastic – never thought of using apple butter in something like this.
Yummy… looks great too! It was a hit!
Thanks for your lovely comment on mine.
I agree with your daughter that the pie crust looks like that very yummy sugar cookie that we baked for September's Challenge!
But the filling I cannot agree. Looks awesome! Love the apple butter recipe, I'll keep it for other pies!
Bravo, great job !!!