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Fruit Crostata
Crostata di Fruita (Fruit Crostata)
For that taste of Summer, why not treat everyone to a slice of Fruit Crostata. Easy to make and absolutely mouth watering. The following quantites will serve 12
Ingredients
- 500g Crema Pasticcera
- Butter and Flour
- ˝ kg of Fruit (as you prefer and depending on the season)
Instructions
- First prepare the Pasta Frolla Pastry base
- Then while that rests in the fridge, prepare the sweet cream and let it cool down
- Butter a baking tray and dust it with some flour
- Preheat the oven to 200°
- Roll out the pastry over a floured chopping board and work it with the rolling pin, it needs to be ˝ centimetre in height
- Roll the pastry around the rolling pin with your hands and put it into the pan and level uniformly
- With a fork pick the top of the pastry and cover with oven paper
- Fill the bottom of the pan with dried beans in order to keep the pastry from rising during the cooking time
- Put in the oven for no longer than 30 minutes
- When you remove the pastry from the oven it will seem soft on the top, this is the right consistency, it will become stronger as it cools
- In the meanwhile wash the fruit and drain well
- Cover the pastry with a layer of cream and then let your creativity take over and decorate as you see fit...
- Finally, place in the fridge until just before serving