Apple Cranberry Crostata
Apple Cranberry Crostata makes it easy to get the entire family into the kitchen to cook and to eat together! This rustic Italian pie is a win-win!
- Cook Time
50 Minutes
Ingredients
- Dough -
- all-purpose flour - 2 Cups
- salted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes - 3/4 Cup
- ice cold water - 5 Oz.
- RubyFrost apples, peeled and sliced paper thin - 6 Apples
- fresh cranberries - 1/2 Cup
- granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling - 1/3 Cup
- brown sugar - 1/2 Cup
- cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling - 1 tsb.
- fresh lemon juice - 1 tsb.
- flour - 1 tbsp.
- milk or half-and-half - 3 tbsp.
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, place the flour, butter and water.
- Mix with your hands until everything is combined and the dough becomes one solid mass.
- Turn the dough onto a well-floured board and form into a disk.
- Wrap the disk with plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In a large bowl combine apples, cranberries, granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and flour. Set aside.
- Combine 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar with ½ tsp. cinnamon. Set aside.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator.
- Place a piece of parchment on a baking sheet then roll out the dough on the parchment to form a 12 inch circle.
- Leaving about 1½ inches around the perimeter of the dough, pile the apple mixture in the center.
- Gently fold the border up and around the apples, pleating to make a circle.
- Brush milk or half-and-half around the edges of the dough and sprinkle the entire crostata with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for 40 - 50 minutes until the crust is golden and the apples are tender.
- Allow to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.