APPLE CROSTATA WITH SPICED CARAMEL SAUCE

Apple Crostata with Spiced Caramel Sauce image

Provided by barbara lentz

Categories Pies

Time 1h45m

Number Of Ingredients 25

dough
2 c flour
1/3 c sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 stick butter cut into pieces
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla zest of 1 lemon
filling
1/2 stick butter
1/3 c brown sugar
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 lb apples peeled cored and cut into slices
glaze
1/3 c apricot jam
2 tsp water
caramel sauce
1 c heavy cream
1/4 c sugar
1/4 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/8 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter cut into pieces

Steps:

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.
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.
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.
4. Lattice the strips across top trimming the edges and sealing to crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour
5. Glaze heat preserves with water and then strain. Brush top of warm pie. Let cool
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