Peach And Blackberry Crostata | Dessert Recipes
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 4-5 people
 
Homemade rustic Italian style pie, perfect for summers, peach and blackberry crostata
Ingredients
For Crostata Crust:
  • 1 Cup all purpose flour/atta
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • A pinch of salt
  • 100 Gm unsalted butter
  • ¼ Cup~ ice cold water
For Crostata Filling:
  • 2-3 ripe peaches
  • 10-12 fresh blackberries or plums or 1 Cup fresh blueberries
  • ¼ Cup all purpose flour
  • ¼ Cup~ brown sugar
  • 1 Tsp grated fresh orange zest
  • 2 Tbsp fresh unsweetened orange juice
  • A pinch of salt
  • ¼ Cup diced cold butter
Method
  1. In a bowl, take the flour
  2. Add a pinch of salt
  3. Also add the sugar
  4. Next add butter and start cutting it into the flour
  5. Using a pastry cutter or fork ensure butter is mixed into the flour without melting the butter
  6. Next slowly add ice cold water
  7. Bring the dough together but do not knead
  8. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
  9. Meanwhile in another bowl, add flour and butter
  10. Also add brown sugar
  11. Crumble everything together, this is the crumble topping
  12. Next let's make the crostata filling, wash the peaches and berries lightly
  13. Halve the peaches, deseed them, and dice them roughly
  14. Also halve the blackberries
  15. Add these fruits into a bowl
  16. Throw in some orange zest and add sugar
  17. Add a pinch of salt
  18. Pour little orange juice
  19. Mix everything carefully and keep aside
  20. Line a pan with a round parchment paper and grease with butter or baking spray
  21. Now roll out the crust dough slowly, dust with flour a little
  22. Roll roughly into a rustic round as shown, not too thick or thin
  23. Keep the rolling pin at the centre of the rolled out dough, carefully fold, and put in the pan
  24. Place the fruit mixture in the centre as shown, leaving out the edges
  25. Carefully lift the edges and fold onto itself to make rustic pie or crostata
  26. Brush with milk or butter all over
  27. Spread the crumble topping on top of the expose fruit
  28. Drizzle a little orange juice over the crumble to keep it moist
  29. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 Deg C for 25-30 minutes or till lightly golden
  30. Serve with fresh fruits and a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Notes
As mentioned earlier make sure the ingredients are cold for the crust

Use any available fresh berries suitable for the filling, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries

Ensure the orange juice is fresh and canned

And finally, adjust sweetness for the filling as per your taste
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/peach-and-blackberry-crostata/