A Traditional Italian Crostata Recipe

• 2 cups plain flour
• 2/3 cup butter soft
• 6 3/8 tablespoons sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 lemon zest
• 1 pinch vanilla powder
• 1/2 teaspoon flour baking

1. Whip the butter and sugar
2. Add the flour, grated lemon zest, vanilla powder, baking powder and eggs
3. Mix the ingredients until you get a smooth soft ball
4. Divide the pastry in 2/3 and 1/3 and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes
5. Take the 2/3 of the dough, roll it out to 1 cm thick and set it over the baking pan
6. Spread the jam on the tart
7. Roll out the 1/3 of the dough and cut it in strips and lay them over the jam in a crosshatch pattern and add a thin ring around the border of crostata
8. Preheat the oven to 180C and bake crostata for 30 minutes till golden brown color. Let it cool and enjoy it with a cup of tea. Bon appetit:-)

flour, butter, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, vanilla powder, flour baking

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/A-traditional-Italian-crostata-recipe-1370616 (may not work)