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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Apple Crostata

This dessert can be made with a variety of fruit.  Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Servings: 8
Cook Time: Prep Time: 20 minutes; Total 1 Time: hour 15 minutes
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: apples

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Ingredients

1
Pillsbury Just Unroll Pastry Crust
3
Tablespoons sugar
2
small or 3 large NC Honey crisp or Fuji apples, peeled, cored, and cut into ¼ inch thick slices
1/4
cup heavy cream
1
large egg yolk
1/4
teaspoon vanilla
1/4
teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Roll dough into a 12 inch round about 1/8 inch thick.  Transfer to a lined baking sheet.  Sprinkle center of dough round with 1 Tablespoon of sugar, leaving a 1 ½ inch border.  Arrange apple slices in two overlapping concentric circles on sugar, filling in center with smaller slices.  Sprinkle with 1 Tablespoon of sugar.  Fold dough border over, loosely pleating dough as needed.  Bake until dough looks set, about 15 minutes.

Whisk cream, egg yolk, vanilla, nutmeg, and remaining 1 Tablespoon sugar until combined.  Slowly pour over apples, letting custard fill in spaces around slices. (Crust will keep custard from spilling out, but pour slowly and don’t use all of the custard if it threatens to overflow crust).  Bake until custard is set and apples are tender when pierced with tip of sharp knife, about 20 minutes more.  Let cool on baking sheet for 15 minutes, then slide crostata off of parchment paper onto a large plate.  Serve warm or cooled to room temperature.

 
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Recipes found on this page are from Got to Be NC members, staff, industry partners and Stove Side Chats. Stove Side Chats is Got to Be NC’s cooking show hosted by restaurant marketing specialist Chad Blackwelder. This series invites chefs and home cooks from around the state to teach you how to cook with in-season North Carolina deliciousness.