Best 11 Crostata De Noci E Mirtilli Rossi Cranberry Walnu Recipes

CRANBERRY WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Make shell:.
• Roll out dough into a 13-inch round (1/8 inch thick) on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin and fit into tart pan. Trim edge of dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, then fold overhang inward and press against side of pan to reinforce edge. Lightly prick bottom of shell all over with a fork, then chill 30 minutes.
• Put oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 425°F Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights.
• Bake until pastry is set and pale golden on rim, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until pale golden all over, 5 to 10 minutes more. Transfer shell in pan to a rack.
• Make filling:.
• Move oven rack to middle position and reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Whisk together eggs, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, salt, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth, then stir in cranberries and walnuts.
• Pour filling into shell and bake tart until filling is set and golden, 40 to 45 minutes. (If pastry edge darkens before tart is done, cover edge with a pie shield or foil.) Cool completely in pan on rack.

CROSTATA DE NOCI E MIRTILLI ROSSI (CRANBERRY WALNU

Steps:

• IN food processor, mix flour, sugar and salt. Pulse briefly to mix. Add chilled butter and lemon rind, pulse 10 to 12 times or til butter mixture resembles coarse oatmeal. With food processor running, add ice water all at once. Process for about 10 second until a ball of dough forms. Turn dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Flatten to form a 7 inch circle. Wrap dough tightly and refrigerate at least 1 hour
• Roll dough into an 11 inch circle on lightly floured surface. Put dough on baking sheet. In large bowl, thoroughly mix cranberries, walnuts, sugar and brown sugar. Spoon cranberry mixture over crust leaving about 1 1 inch border around the outside edge. Fold dough over cranberries, pinching as needed to keep it in place. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or til crust is golden and berries are juicy. Cool on rack abut 10 minutes. Dust with sifted powdered sugar. Serves warm. serves 6 to 8

CREAM CHEESE CROSTATA WITH ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• For crust:.
• Mix flour and sugar together on work surface and make a well in center of mixture. Add egg yolk and scatter butter cubes over flour mixture. Using your hands, gently mix the ingredients together until well blended and dough forms. Flatten into disk, wrap in plastic, and chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400°F and spray 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom with nonstick spray. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of pan. Bake until golden brown and cooked through, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 18 minutes. Cool crust in pan on rack.
• For filling:.
• Beat cream cheese, mascarpone, and sugar in medium bowl until smooth. Spread evenly in cooled crust and chill 1 hour.
• Spread marmalade (I let it come to room temperature first) evenly over filling and sprinkle almonds over.
• Can be made 1 day ahead; cover and chill.

CHOCOLATE KAHLUA WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• To prepare the crust, pulse the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the butter and pulse until coarse crumbs form.
• Whisk together the heavy cream and egg yolk in a small bowl. Slowly pour the heavy cream mixture into the feed tube and pulse until the dough begins to come together; form into a disk.
• With lightly floured hands, press the dough evenly onto the bottom and up the sides of an 11-inch tart pan with a removable bottom, making sure to press the dough up to the rim.
• Bake until lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack. Sprinkle the walnuts and chocolate chips evenly onto the bottom of the crust.
• Meanwhile, to prepare the filling, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and cream in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the coffee liqueur. Pour over the walnuts. Bake until the mixture is bubbly around the edges, about 15 minutes.
• Cool on a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Tip: If the pie crust puffs up while baking, gently prick it in several places with a fork.

CROSTATA DI NOCI E MIRTILLI ROSSI: CRANBERRY WALNUT TART

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt. Pulse briefly to combine.
• Add chilled butter and lemon rind, pulse 10-12 times or until butter mixture resembles coarse oatmeal.
• With food processor running, add ice water all at once.
• Process for about 10 seconds until a ball of dough forms.
• Turn dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Flatten to form a 1-inch circle. Wrap dough tightly and refrigerate at least one hour.
• Roll dough into an 11-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Place dough on a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly combine cranberries, walnuts, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and brown sugar.
• Spoon cranberry mixture over crust, leaving about a 1-inch border around the outside edge. Fold dough over cranberries, pinching as necessary to keep it in place.
• Bake 15-18 minutes, or until crust is golden and berries are juicy.
• Cool on a rack about 10 minutes. Dust with sifted confectioners sugar.
• Serve warm.

CRANBERRY-WALNUT CROSTATA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• To make the dough combine flour, butter, sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. With the machine running, slowly add ice water just until dough forms. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into an 11-inch round. Transfer the dough to a baking sheet.
• In a bowl combine cranberries, walnuts, sugar and dark brown sugar and toss together. Place cranberry mixture in the tart shell, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border around the outside edge. Raise the borders of dough to enclose the sides of the tart, draping it over the fruit. Gently press the edge of the folded dough onto the baking sheet, being careful not to mash the fruit. Pinch the pleats that form from the draping.
• Bake the tart for 15 to 18 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the berries are juicy. Cool the crostata on a rack for 10 minutes and dust with confectioner's sugar.

ALMOND TART--CROSTATA DI MANDORLE

Steps:

• Roll out the dough 1/8 inch thick on a floured surface.
• Fit it into a 9 inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim, and crimp the edge.
• Chill the shell for 30 minutes.
• Spread the jam on the bottom of the shell.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs until they are foamy and beat in the granulated sugar gradually.
• Crumble the almond paste into the egg mixture, and beat until it is combined well.
• Fold in the flour gently but throughly.
• Spread the mixture evenly over the jam and sprinkle it with the almonds.
• Bake the tart in the lower third of a preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until it is golden and firm in the center.
• Let it cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove the rim, let the tart cool completely on the rack, and dust with confectioners sugar.

RATATOUILLE WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, add eggplant, garlic, shallot or leek, garlic and thyme.
• Saute 5 minutes; cover, reduce heat and cook until eggplant is tender, around 8 minutes-give it a stir once or twice.
• Stir in tomato paste and cook for 3 minutes more.
• Remove from heat, stir in nuts.
• Coat a 9 inch tart pan with olive oil or spray.
• Place 1 layer on, lightly oil and sprinkle with cheese, then another layer until you are left with a plain layer.
• You also want to layer the phyllo in a circle so you have an even jagged edge.
• Spoon in eggplant mixture.
• Arrange tomatoes on top and sprinkle with remaining parmesan and crumbled feta.
• Fold the jagged edge over top so you have a nice edge.
• Bake at 350F for 35 minutes.

GRENOBLE TART (WALNUT TART)

Steps:

• MAKE TART SHELL: In a medium bowl, with wooden spoon or electric mixer, beat 1/3 cup butter with granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolk; beat well.
• Gradually beat in flour just until blended (mixture will be crumbly).
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• With hands, form dough into a ball.
• Press evenly into bottom and side of a 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom.
• Bake in center of oven 12 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.
• MAKE FILLING.
• Spread nuts on cookie sheet in single layer.
• Bake 375°F oven for 5 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Sprinkle walnuts in bottom of tart shell.
• In heavy 2-quart saucepan, stir sugar with butter, corn syrup and 2 Tablespoons heavy cream.
• Stirring constantly, bring to boiling over medium heat; boil 1 minute.
• Pour over walnuts.
• Bake in center of 375°F oven 10 minutes, or just until mixture is bubbly.
• Place on wire rack to cool.
• Meanwhile, beat remaining cream just until stiff.
• Refrigerate until serving.
• Serve tart at room temperature with bowl of whipped cream.
• Serves 12.
• TARTLETS: Divide pastry into 16 pieces.
• With fingers, press evenly into 16 (2 1/2-inch) tart pans.
• Bake; on cookie sheet, at 375°F 8 to 10 minutes; cool.
• Divide 1 cup finely chopped nuts into shells placed on cookie sheets.
• Pour filling into shells, dividing evenly.
• Bake 8 minutes, or just until filling is bubbly.
• Remove tarts from cookie sheets; cool on wire rack.
• TO SERVE: With tip of sharp knife, loosen edge of pastry from each tart pan.
• Lift out gently to serving plate.
• Serve with chilled whipped cream.
• Makes 16 servings.
• McCalls Cooking School.

ITALIAN WALNUT-RAISIN WHOLE-WHEAT BREAD (PANE ALLE NOCI E UVA)

Steps:

• In a small bowl, pour 1/2 cup of the warm water; Add yeast and sugar; stir to dissolve and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl with a whisk or the work bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer with the paddle attachment, combine the remaining 2 cups warm water, olive oil, honey, sale and 2 cups of the whole-wheat flour; Add the yeast mixture; Beat vigorously until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Add the remaining whole-wheat flour, 1/2 cup at a time; Add the unbleached flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until a soft dough that just clears the sides of the bowl is formed; Switch to a wooden spoon when necessary if making by hand.
• Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured work surface; knead until soft and springy yet resilient to the touch, dusting with flour only 1 tablespoon at a time as needed to prevent sticking, about 6 minutes.
• If kneading by machine, use dough hook and knead 5 to 6 minutes, or until dough is smooth and springy.
• Do not add too much flour, or the loaf will be too dry and hard to work.
• Place the dough in a greased bowl, turning once to coat; cover with plastic wrap; let rise until doubled in bulk, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Grease or parchment-line a baking sheet; Combine the whole-wheat flour and wheat bran and sprinkle on the baking sheet; Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface without punching it down.
• Pat into large oval and sprinkle evenly with half the drained raisins and half the walnuts; Press the nuts and fruit into the dough and roll it up; Pat the dough down into an oval once again and sprinkle it evenly with the remaining nuts and raisins.
• Press the addition in and roll the dough up again.
• Divide the dough into 2 or 3 equal portions.
• Shape into 3 tight round loaves, or 2 baguettes about 14 inches long; Gently pull the surface taut from the bottom on both; Place the loaves on the pans; cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in bulk, 45 minutes to an hour.
• Twenty minutes before baking, preheat the over to 400F, with a baking stone, if desired.
• Slash the round or baguette loaves quickly with a serrated knife with two parallel lines and one intersecting line no more than 1/4 inch deep; Place the baking sheet directly on the stone or on an oven rack and bake until loaves are brown, crusty, and sound hollow when tapped with your finger, 35 to 40 minutes for the round loaves and 25 to 30 minutes for the baguettes.
• Transfer to a cooling rack; cool completely before slicing.

PLUM WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar.
• Add the egg, egg yolk, walnuts cinnamon and lemon rind and mix well.
• Sift the flour and baking powder together.
• Add to the eggs and mix to a smooth dough.
• Chill several hours or until firm.
• Butter and flour a 9 inch cake pan.
• Roll half of the dough into a circle and fit it into the bottom and sides of the pan.
• Mix the plums with the flour, sugar and walnuts and pour into the pastry lined pan.
• Roll out remaining dough and cut into 1/2 inch strips.
• Lay them over the top of the tart to make a lattice top.
• Trim edges.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 40-45 minutes until crust is brown.