Lattice-Topped Apricot Crostata
- 1 3/4 sticks (3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 whole large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups apricot preserves
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- Cut butter into 1/2-inch pieces.
- In a bowl whisk together flours, sugar, and salt.
- With your fingertips or a pastry blender blend in butter until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with remainder in small (roughly pea-size) lumps.
- In a cup with a fork stir together whole egg and yolk until combined well and stir into flour mixture.
- Stir in vanilla and lemon juice and with hands gently knead mixture just until it forms a dough.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Form one third dough (about 1/2 pound) into a ball and flatten into a thin disk.
- Chill disk, wrapped in plastic wrap, while working with remaining two thirds.
- Reserve one fourth remaining dough and crumble remainder into an 11-inch tart pan with a removable bottom and pat out dough to evenly cover bottom (not side).
- With lightly floured hands roll reserved piece of dough into several 1/2-inch-thick ropes.
- Arrange ropes end-to-end around edge of pastry against rim of pan, pressing gently, to form a shallow side.
- Spread preserves over bottom.
- With a rolling pin roll out chilled dough between 2 sheets plastic wrap into an 11-inch round and transfer in plastic wrap to a baking sheet.
- Remove top sheet of plastic wrap and with a fluted pastry cutter cut round into 1-inch-wide strips.
- Freeze dough on baking sheet 10 minutes to firm up dough.
- Working quickly, carefully invert dough strips onto baking sheet and remove plastic.
- Arrange dough strips over tart in an open lattice pattern (do not make a woven lattice), trimming edges to fit inside rim of pan.
- (Don't worry if strips break while making the lattice.
- Just lay any broken pieces in placethey will meld together during baking.)
- Brush lattice with cold water and sprinkle with sugar.
- Scatter almonds over crostata and bake in middle of oven 45 minutes, or until lattice is golden.
- Cool crostata in pan on a rack.
- Crostata may be made 2 days ahead and kept, loosely covered, at room temperature.
cold unsalted butter, flour, cake flour, sugar, salt, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, lemon juice, apricot preserves, sugar, almonds
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lattice-topped-apricot-crostata-14982 (may not work)