Apple Crostata (ina Garten)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar or 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 lb very cold unsalted butter, diced
• 2 tablespoons ice water
• 1 1/2 lbs mcintosh apples (3 large) or 1 1/2 lbs macoun apples (3 large) or 1 1/2 lbs empire apples (3 large)
• 1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar or 1/4 cup superfine sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced

Recipe

• 1 for pastry: place the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
• 2 pulse a few times to combine.
• 3 add the butter and pulse 12-15 times, or until the butter is the size of peas.
• 4 with the motor running, add the ice water all-at-once through the feed tube.
• 5 keep hitting the pulse button to combine, but stop the machine just before the dough becomes a solid mass.
• 6 turn the dough onto a well floured board and form into a disc.
• 7 wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• 8 meanwhile-- preheat over to 450 degrees and make filling.
• 9 after the dough has been in frig for one hour-- roll pastry into an 11-inch circle and transfer to baking sheet.
• 10 for filling: peel, core and cut apples into 8ths.
• 11 cut each wedge into 3 chunks.
• 12 toss with orange zest.
• 13 cover tart dough with the apples leaving a 1 1/2 inch border.
• 14 make topping: combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon and allspice in bowl of food processor fitted with a steel blade.
• 15 add the butter and pulse until mixture is crumbly.
• 16 pour into a bowl and rub it with your fingers until it starts holding together.
• 17 sprinkle evenly over apples.
• 18 gently fold the border over the apples to enclose the apples, pleating it to make a circle.
• 19 bake for 20-25 minutes until the crust is golden and the apples are tender.
• 20 allow to cool.
• 21 serve warm or at room temperature.