Apple Crostata (GLUTEN FREE)

  5.0 – 1 reviews  • Dessert
Level: Intermediate
Yield: 1 filled tart

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups Cup 4 Cup gluten-free flour
  2. 1/4 cup granulated or superfine sugar
  3. 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  4. 1/2 pound very cold unsalted butter, diced
  5. 1 1/2 pounds McIntosh, Macoun, or Empire apples
  6. 1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest
  7. 1/4 cup Cup 4 Cup gluten-free flour
  8. 1/4 cup granulated or superfine sugar
  9. 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  10. 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  11. 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
  12. 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1/2 stick), diced

Instructions

  1. 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 6 TABLESPOONS of 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 with plastic and refrigerate one of the disks for at least an hour. Freeze the rest of the pastry.
  2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
  3. Roll the pastry into an 11-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Transfer it to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  4. For the filling, peel, core, and quarter the apples. Cut each quarter 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.
  5. 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, pleating it to make a circle.
  6. Bake the crostata for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden and the apples are tender. Let the tart cool for 5 minutes, then use 2 large spatulas to transfer it to a wire rack.

Reviews

Regina Sanders
What type/brand of GF flour makes a beautiful dough like this?
Tanner Cline
No because GF flour is not specific to ratios.
Dawn Moore
So wonderful to have a gluten free option
Turned out FANTASTIC

 

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