Rustic italian jam tart - crostata

Name: Rustic italian jam tart - crostata
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup butter; 5 scant cups of flour; pinch of salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 2 full eggs + 3 yolks; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

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Dessert

5 servings

Very Easy

45 min

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup butter
5 scant cups of flour
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 full eggs + 3 yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Preparation20 min

Cook time25 min

Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in all the eggs & vanilla.
Sift together all the dry ingredients. Incorporate the flour into the butter & egg mixture with a few strokes of a wooden spoon forming a dough.
Take 1/3 of the dough & press into a partchment lined tart pan to 1/4 inch thickness. If the dough is sticky wet your finger tips slightly.
Pull off a pinch of dough & roll into a long snake. This is an easy dough to work with if it breaks just pinch it back together. This is a rustic tart. Moist hands will help if the dough is sticky.
Continue until you have enough to make your lattice top. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about an hour or until the top is nice & brown, the bottom is cooked & the dough should shrink away from the pan a bit.