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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Mix the flour, sugar, and lemon peel, in a food processor. | 2. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. | 3. Add salt and pulse in the ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until moist clumps form. | 4. Gather the dough into a ball; flatten into a disk then wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. | 5. Position the rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400°F | 6. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to an 11-inch round then transfer the dough onto a heavy baking sheet that has been lined with a silpat or parchment paper. | 7. Heat in the microwave the almond paste with 2 T of butter to thin it out, then spread on top of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border. | 8. Stir the lemon juice into the raspberry preserve and spread on top of almond paste, still leaving a 2-inch border. | 9. Fold the 2-inch dough border over to form an 8-inch round, pleating loosely and pinching to seal any cracks in the dough (looks like a flat pie). | 10. Bake until the crust is golden, 35 to 40 minutes. | 11. Allow to cool. | 12. Sprinkle with the almonds and dust with the powdered sugar, if you wish. | 13. Slide a metal spatula under the crust to free the crostata from the baking sheet and serve. | 14. Optional: Top with chopped hazelnuts instead of almonds; or mix some lemon juice w/powdered sugar and drizzle over the top after cooking. | 15. *There are several good almond paste recipes on Zaar. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
lemon peel	1/2	teaspoon	grated	0.47	0.16	0.015	0.003
butter	10	tablespoons	unsalted chilled cut	1018.14	0.0852	1.207	115.1762
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
ice water	3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
flour				-	-	-	-
almond paste	1	package		-	-	-	-
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
raspberry preserve	1	jar		-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
almond	1	tablespoon	sliced toasted	120.22399999999999	0.0	0.0	13.6
sugar			powdered	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.