apple crostata with spiced caramel sauce

Name: Apple Crostata with Spiced Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: - dough; 2 cup(s) flour; 1/3 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 1/2 stick(s) butter cut into pieces; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla zest of 1 lemon; - filling; 1/2 stick(s) butter; 1/3 cup(s) brown sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 1/2 pound(s) apples peeled cored and cut into slices; - glaze; 1/3 cup(s) apricot jam; 2 teaspoon(s) water; - caramel sauce; 1 cup(s) heavy cream; 1/4 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon(s) lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon(s) pumpkin pie spice; 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 tablespoon(s) butter cut into pieces

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barbara lentz

beulah, MI

Updated on Mar 23, 2014

Made this for a dinner party of 4 and none was left over.

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prep time 45 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

- dough
2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks butter cut into pieces
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla zest of 1 lemon
- filling
1/2 stick butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 pounds apples peeled cored and cut into slices
- glaze
1/3 cup apricot jam
2 teaspoons water
- caramel sauce
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter cut into pieces

How To Make apple crostata with spiced caramel sauce

Step 1

Dough Blend together flour, sugar, salt, and zest. Cut butter into dough with pastry blender or fingers. Whisk together egg and vanilla. Pour over dough and mix until combined. Roll into 2 balls. Chill in plastic wrap for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Grease a springform pan and press one ball onto bottom of pan and up 1 inch of the sides. Roll other ball between 2 pieces of wax paper. Cut dough into 10 strips. Chill in refrigerator until ready to use.
Step 3

Filling Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, salt, and apples. Cook until softened 10 to 15 minutes. Spoon apple filling onto dough in springform pan.
Step 4

Lattice the strips across top trimming the edges and sealing to crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour
Step 5

Glaze heat preserves with water and then strain. Brush top of warm pie. Let cool
Step 6

Caramel Sauce Heat cream until warm and set aside. In another pan stir both sugars and lemon juice together and let cook over medium high heat undisturbed for about 10 minutes until deep golden. Carefully pour cream into sugar mixture whisking constantly. Then whisk in pie spice and salt. cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat whisk in butter. Drizzle over crostata
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