Crostata di Ciliegie: Cherry Tart
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- Pinch fine sea salt
- 1 lemon, zested
- 2 sticks chilled sweet butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup cold vin santo, plus a bottle for your friends
- 2 cups red cherry jam
- 2 or 3 turns of the peppermill
- Pulse the flour, sugar, salt and zest 2 or 3 times in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
- Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks together with the cold vin santo.
- With the machine running, add the egg/sherry mixture to the dough through the feed tube.
- Process 5 to 6 seconds or until the mass combines and leaves the sides of the bowl.
- Permit the pastry to rest fir 30 minutes rest, wrapped securely in plastic, in a cool place.
- Thin the cherry jam a bit with a little hot water, stirring well to combine.
- Add a few grindings of pepper to heighten the flavor of the cherries and stir again.
- Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Roll out the dough in a free-form circle of about 12 inches, and transfer it to a buttered baking sheet or a sheet lined with parchment.
- Leaving a 2-inch border uncovered, spread the cherry mixture over the dough, folding, pleating, and tucking the border of the dough up over the fruit.
- Bake the tart for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the pastry is deeply golden and the fruit is glossy.
- Cool on a rack for several minutes and serve warm with a glass of the vin santo.
flour, sugar, salt, lemon, sweet butter, egg yolks, cold vin santo, red cherry, peppermill
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/crostata-di-ciliegie-cherry-tart-recipe.html (may not work)