Blood-Orange Crostata
- 1 recipeRich Sweet Pastry Dough
- raw rice or dried beans for weighting tart shell
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoons grappa, or to taste
- 4 blood oranges*
- 4 small navel oranges
- 1/3 cup orange marmalade
- *available seasonally at specialty produce markets
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- On a lightly floured surface roll out dough into a 15-inch round (1/8 inch thick) and fit it into an 11-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim.
- Trim dough flush with rim and lightly prick bottom all over with a fork.
- Chill shell until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Line shell with foil and fill with rice or beans.
- Bake shell in middle of oven 15 minutes.
- Remove rice or beans and foil and bake shell until golden, about 8 minutes more.
- Cool shell in tart pan on a rack.
- Shell may be made 1 day ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
- In a 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan bring milk just to a simmer over moderate heat.
- In a metal bowl whisk together yolks, sugar, flour, and zest and add hot milk in a stream, whisking.
- Transfer mixture to pan and bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking constantly.
- Simmer pastry cream, whisking constantly, 1 minute and transfer to a bowl.
- Whisk in grappa and cool, stirring occasionally.
- Chill pastry cream, its surface covered with plastic wrap, until cold, at least 4 hours, and up to 2 days.
- With a sharp knife cut a slice from top and bottom of each orange to expose flesh and arrange, a cut side down, on a cutting board.
- Cutting from top to bottom, remove peel and pith.
- Cut oranges crosswise into thin slices and drain slices in one layer on several thicknesses of paper towel 15 minutes.
- In a small saucepan bring marmalade to a simmer, stirring, and force through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids.
- Discard solids.
- Spread pastry cream evenly in tart shell.
- Arrange orange slices decoratively over pastry cream, overlapping them slightly to cover cream, and brush with marmalade.
- Crostata may be made 2 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
- Bring crostata to room temperature before serving.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/blood-orange-crostata-13625 (may not work)