apple crostata with spiced caramel sauce

Recipe by
barbara lentz
beulah, MI

Made this for a dinner party of 4 and none was left over.

yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For apple crostata with spiced caramel sauce

  • dough
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 1/3 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 1/2 stick
    butter cut into pieces
  • 1 lg
    egg
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla zest of 1 lemon
  • filling
  • 1/2 stick
    butter
  • 1/3 c
    brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp
    lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 2 1/2 lb
    apples peeled cored and cut into slices
  • glaze
  • 1/3 c
    apricot jam
  • 2 tsp
    water
  • caramel sauce
  • 1 c
    heavy cream
  • 1/4 c
    sugar
  • 1/4 c
    brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp
    lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp
    pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/8 tsp
    salt
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter cut into pieces

How To Make apple crostata with spiced caramel sauce

  • 1
    Dough Blend together flour, sugar, salt, and zest. Cut butter into dough with pastry blender or fingers. Whisk together egg and vanilla. Pour over dough and mix until combined. Roll into 2 balls. Chill in plastic wrap for 30 minutes.
  • 2
    Grease a springform pan and press one ball onto bottom of pan and up 1 inch of the sides. Roll other ball between 2 pieces of wax paper. Cut dough into 10 strips. Chill in refrigerator until ready to use.
  • 3
    Filling Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, salt, and apples. Cook until softened 10 to 15 minutes. Spoon apple filling onto dough in springform pan.
  • 4
    Lattice the strips across top trimming the edges and sealing to crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour
  • 5
    Glaze heat preserves with water and then strain. Brush top of warm pie. Let cool
  • 6
    Caramel Sauce Heat cream until warm and set aside. In another pan stir both sugars and lemon juice together and let cook over medium high heat undisturbed for about 10 minutes until deep golden. Carefully pour cream into sugar mixture whisking constantly. Then whisk in pie spice and salt. cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat whisk in butter. Drizzle over crostata

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