Peach Crostata Ina Garten Recipes

SUMMER FRUIT CROSTATA (INA GARTEN)

Steps:

• Pastry:.
• Place flour, sugar, and salt in food processor. Pulse a few times to combine. Add butter and toss quickly with your fingers to coat each cube of butter with the flour. Pulse 12-15 times till butter is size of peas.
• With motor running, add the ice water all at once through the feed tube. Pulse a few more times to combine, but stop just before the dough comes together.
• Turn dough out onto a well floured board, roll into a ball, cut in half, and form into 2 flat disks. Wrap disks in plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour in fridge.
• If you want only one crostata, freeze the second one.
• Preheat the oven to 400*F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Roll pastry into an 11" circle on a lightly floured work surface. Move it to the sheet pan.
• Filling:.
• Cut peaches and plums in wedges, place in bowl with blueberries. Toss with 1 tbls. of the flour, 1 tbls. of the sugar, orange zest, and orange juice. Place the mixed fruit on the dough circle, leaving a 1 1/2" border.
• Combine the 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt in food processor and add the butter. Pulse until mixture is crumbly. Pour into a bowl and rub it with your fingers until it starts to hold together. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit. Gently fold the border of the pastry over the fruit, pleating it to make an edge.
• Bake the crostata for 20-25 minutes, until crust is golden and fruit is tender. Let the crostata cool for about 5 minutes. Use 2 large spatulas to move it to a wire rack.
• Serve warm or at room termperature. Enjoy!

APPLE CROSTATA

Steps:

• For the pastry, place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the butter and pulse 12 to 15 times, or until the butter is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water all at once through the feed tube. Keep hitting the pulse button to combine, but stop the machine just before the dough becomes a solid mass. Turn the dough onto a well-floured board and form into a disk. Wrap with plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Flour a rolling pin and roll the pastry into an 11-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Transfer it to a baking sheet.
• For the filling, peel, core, and cut the apples into 8ths. Cut each wedge into 3 chunks. Toss the chunks with the orange zest. Cover the tart dough with the apple chunks leaving a 1 1/2-inch border.
• Combine the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and allspice in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Pour into a bowl and rub it with your fingers until it starts holding together. Sprinkle evenly on the apples. Gently fold the border over the apples to enclose the dough, pleating it to make a circle.
• Bake the crostata for 20 to 25 minutes, until the crust is golden and the apples are tender. Allow to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.

FRESH PEACH CROSTATA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Bring a small pot of water to a boil over high heat. Using a small, sharp knife, cut a small "x" into the skin at the bottom of each peach. Place the peaches in boiling water for 20 seconds. Pour into a colander and rinse under cool running water. Starting at the "x," peel the skin from the peaches and discard. Slice the peaches and place in a small bowl, sprinkling with the 3 tablespoons sugar and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine the remaining 5 tablespoons sugar with the flour, Earth Balance, nutmeg, and almond extract. Using your fingers, rub the mixture together until incorporated and set aside.
• Dust a clean work surface with flour. Roll the pastry dough out into a circle about 13 inches across, trimming the edges so they are even. Transfer the dough to a sheet of parchment paper. Spread two-thirds of the sugar-flour mixture on the bottom of the crust, leaving a 2-inch border around the edge. Place two-thirds of the peaches over the flour mixture. Sprinkle the remaining flour mixture over the peaches. Add the remaining peaches on top. Fold the outer edge of the pastry dough in over the crostata to create a crust, pinching excess dough to secure.
• Leaving the crostata on the parchment paper, transfer to a baking sheet. Sprinkle the sliced almonds on top and bake until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbly, about 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.

PEACH CROSTATA RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375℉ (190°C). Position rack to bottom third.

SUMMER FRUIT CROSTATA

Steps:

• For the pastry:
• Place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the butter and toss quickly (and carefully!) with your fingers to coat each cube of butter with the flour. Pulse 12 to 15 times, or until the butter is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water all at once through the feed tube. Keep hitting the pulse button to combine, but stop the machine just before the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured board, roll it into a ball, cut in half, and form into 2 flat disks. Wrap the disks in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. If you only need 1 disk of dough The other disk of dough can be frozen.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Roll the pastry into an 11-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Transfer it to the baking sheet.
• For the pastry (makes 2 crostatas) .
• For the filling:
• Cut the peaches and plums in wedges and place them in a bowl with the blueberries. Toss them with 1 tablespoon of the flour, 1 tablespoon of the sugar, the orange zest, and the orange juice. Place the mixed fruit on the dough circle, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border.
• Combine the 1/4 cup flour, the 1/4 cup sugar, and the salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Pour into a bowl and rub it with your fingers until it starts to hold together. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit. Gently fold the border of the pastry over the fruit, pleating it to make an edge.
• Bake the crostata for 20 to 25 minutes, until the crust is golden and the fruit is tender. Let the crostata cool for 5 minutes, then use 2 large spatulas to transfer it to a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

FRESH PEACH CROSTATA

Steps:

• INSTRUCTIONS
• Prepare the pie dough: In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt.
• Add butter and toss to coat with your fingers. Rub butter into flour with your hands or with a pastry cutter until butter is roughly the size of peas.
• Pour the water around the edge of the bowl and mix briefly, just until the dough starts to come together. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of flour on a clean countertop. Dump the dough out onto the counter and form into 2 disks. Cover discs in plastic wrap and refrigerate one for at least an hour and up to two days. Freeze the other disc for future use.
• Preheat the oven to 450 F and line a baking sheet with parchment or a silpat.
• Prepare fruit and filling: In a large bowl, combine fruit with ¼ cup sugar and orange zest.
• For the topping, combine flour, the other ¼ cup sugar, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add butter and toss to coat. Use a pastry cutter or your fingers to rub in butter just until the mixture starts to come together. Cover and refrigerate crumble topping until ready to use.
• Lightly flour a clean countertop and roll the dough into an 11-inch circle. Place dough on baking sheet. Make a circle of fruit inside the dough, leaving a 1½ - 2 inch border all around. Fill in with remaining peaches and toss crumb mixture on top and around sides of fruit.
• Take the edges of the dough and start folding a few inches at a time over the fruit, pleating as you go to make a circle. (See blog post for photos and descriptions.)
• For a thicker crostata, refrigerate unbaked pie for 20-30 minutes before baking.
• Bake crostata for 20 - 25 minutes in the middle of the oven, until crust is golden and fruit is tender. Let cool 5 minutes and transfer (using two spatulas) to a wire rack.
• Variations: Use apples, pears or berries.
• Use canned pie filling such as cherry or blueberry or a combination.
• For a savory tart, leave out the sugar in the tart dough and fill with vegetables and cheese.

PEACH CROSTATA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Roll the pie crust out into a big circle, about 12 inches in diameter. Don't worry if it's not a perfect circle. Transfer the pie crust onto a rimmed baking sheet, then keep in the freezer or fridge while you work on the peaches.
• Cut the peaches into quarters, then cut the quarters into quarters, for a total of 16 slices per peach. Discard the pits.
• Toss the peaches in a big mixing bowl with the brown sugar, cinnamon, spiced rum, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and flour. Set this mixture aside.
• Dump the peaches, along with any of the liquid in the bowl, onto the center of the rolled out pie crust, leaving a 2 inch rim on all sides of the peaches.
• Distribute the peaches as necessary to form into a relatively flat layer (it's okay to have the peaches piled up on top of each other).
• Gently fold the sides of the pie crust up and over the peaches, then brush the crust with heavy cream.
• Sprinkle turbinado sugar all over the heavy cream brushed pie crust.
• Bake the crostata for about 40 minutes until the edges are golden brown and the peaches are bubbling. Serve warm with a big scoop of ice cream, if desired. Enjoy!

PEACH CROSTATA RECIPE CARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Prepare the peach filling: In a bowl place peaches, lemon juice, sugar, thyme, and cornstarch. Mix well and place in the refrigerator.
• Prepare the cheese filling: In a separate bowl, mix with a small hand blender the Neufchatel cheese with milk and the egg and place in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes until thick. (Be sure to have all of these ingredients at room temperature before combining.)
• For the dough: In a food processor place flour, salt, sugar and vinegar, pulse until combined. Add butter and beaten egg and continue to pulse until mixture forms a ball. Remove from the food processor and flatten out on a floured surface with the palm of your hand. Form a round disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for one hour or overnight if you want to prep this step in advance.
• Roll out the dough on a floured surface to create a 12" circle. Roll up the dough on a rolling pin and carefully transfer to a baking sheet.
• With a spatula spread chilled cheese and egg mixture around the circle leaving a 2" border.
• Scoop peach mixture on top of the cheese egg mixture and using both hands bring up dough towards peaches crimping overlapping the dough. Also, make sure you pinch well where the dough pieces touch each other to form a crimp.
• Brush the edge of the crust with the egg wash. Sprinkle the course sugar around the edge of the egg wash where it will stick and sprinkle the peaches with brown sugar.
• Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
• After the crostata has cooled and set, heat the apple jelly in the microwave until slightly melted and lightly brush on the peaches only. This will keep them moist and shiny looking.

APPLE CROSTATA OR FREE FORM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Put all of the dry ingredients in the bowl of a food processor, fitted with the dough attachment. Pulse 2 or 3 times to combine.2. Add the butter all at once and pulse 12 to 15 times, until the butter is the size of peas.3. Add a 1/4 cup of the ice water all at once and pulse the dough until it begins to come together around the blade.4. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead it a few times until you form a smooth ball. Divide the ball into two pieces and flatten each piece into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap. If you're making one tart, place one disk in the refrigerator for an hour and freeze the other disk. Otherwise, if you're making two tarts, refrigerate both disks of dough for 30 min. to 1 hour.

RUSTIC PEACH AND BLUEBERRY CROSTATA

Steps:

• To make the pastry: combine the flour, sugar, salt, and lemon zest in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender or your hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the egg yolk and pour in the ice water; work it in to bind the dough until it holds together without being too wet or sticky. Squeeze a small amount together, if it is crumbly, add more ice water, 1 teaspoon at a time. Form the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• To make the filling: combine the peaches, blueberries, lemon juice, sugar, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Toss the mixture gently to coat the fruit.
• Prepare your wooden burning brick oven according to manufacturer's directions or place a pizza stone in a conventional oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
• Sprinkle the counter and a rolling pin lightly with flour. Roll the dough out into a 14-inch circle, about 1/4-inch thick; it doesn't have to be perfect, free-form is the look you want for this rustic tart. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured pizza paddle. Spoon the fruit mixture into the center of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border all around; brush the border with the egg wash. Lift the edge of crust over the filling, leaving the fruit exposed in center. Gently fold and pinch the dough to seal any cracks. Brush the crust with the remaining egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake the crostata directly on the brick oven floor towards the front or on the preheated pizza stone for 30 to 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and fruit is bubbly and tender. Slide a pizza paddle under the tart to remove it from the oven. Serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream.

PEACH AND BLACKBERRY CROSTATA | DESSERT RECIPES

Steps:

• In a bowl, take the flour
• Add a pinch of salt
• Also add the sugar
• Next add butter and start cutting it into the flour
• Using a pastry cutter or fork ensure butter is mixed into the flour without melting the butter
• Next slowly add ice cold water
• Bring the dough together but do not knead
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes
• Meanwhile in another bowl, add flour and butter
• Also add brown sugar
• Crumble everything together, this is the crumble topping
• Next let's make the crostata filling, wash the peaches and berries lightly
• Halve the peaches, deseed them, and dice them roughly
• Also halve the blackberries
• Add these fruits into a bowl
• Throw in some orange zest and add sugar
• Add a pinch of salt
• Pour little orange juice
• Mix everything carefully and keep aside
• Line a pan with a round parchment paper and grease with butter or baking spray
• Now roll out the crust dough slowly, dust with flour a little
• Roll roughly into a rustic round as shown, not too thick or thin
• Keep the rolling pin at the centre of the rolled out dough, carefully fold, and put in the pan
• Place the fruit mixture in the centre as shown, leaving out the edges
• Carefully lift the edges and fold onto itself to make rustic pie or crostata
• Brush with milk or butter all over
• Spread the crumble topping on top of the expose fruit
• Drizzle a little orange juice over the crumble to keep it moist
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 Deg C for 25-30 minutes or till lightly golden
• Serve with fresh fruits and a scoop of vanilla ice cream

PEAR AND CRANBERRY CROSTATA

Steps:

• For the pastry, place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the butter and toss quickly with your fingers to coat each cube of butter with the flour. Pulse 12 to 15 times, or until the butter is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the 1/4 cup ice water all at once through the feed tube. Keep hitting the pulse button to combine, but stop the machine just before the dough comes together. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured board and form into 2 disks. Wrap the disks with plastic and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Roll each pastry disk into an 11-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Transfer them to 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
• For the filling, peel, core, and quarter the pears. Cut each quarter into big chunks. Toss the chunks with the orange zest. Divide the pear chunks between the pastries, covering the dough and leaving a 1 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of cranberries over the top of each tart.
• Combine the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and allspice in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Pour into a bowl and rub it with your fingers until it starts holding together. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the two tarts. Gently fold the border of each tart over the pears, pleating it to make a circle.
• Bake the crostatas for 30 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the pears are tender. Let the tarts cool for 5 minutes, then use 2 large spatulas to transfer them to wire racks.

FRESH PEACH CROSTATA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper. Set the uncooked pie dough onto the baking sheet.
• In a bowl, gently mix peaches, sugar, and flour together. Pour fruit mixture into the center of the pastry round, leaving about 2 1/2 inches around the edge. Fold up the edge of the pastry dough over the filling to make a rim. Fan the edge as you go around folding the dough.
• Brush pastry with the beaten egg and place the pat of butter on top of the fruit mixture. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling. Cool the crostata on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature with your favorite ice cream.