The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well
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This month’s challenge for the Daring Bakers is one that’s near and dear to my heart: crostata.
Simona, our hostess, was truly dedicated to this challenge and went to great lengths to create a truly memorable crostata recipe. Thank you, Simona!
I’m lucky I managed to find the time to do this one so I kept it very simple with a raspberry jam filling. I did take some liberties with the crostata top by twirling some of the dough ribbons and cutting out some stars with the leftover dough.
I found this crostata to be more tart-like than what the crostata from my father’s family looks and tastes like. It was still very delicious, though.
Visit The Daring Kitchen for the recipe and to see what other Daring Bakers produced!
Ciao!
11 comments
Rosa
A lovely crostata! Delicious looking.
Cheers,
Rosa
Audax Artifex
That jam crostata looks so delicious and the photo looks wonderful. Well done on this challenge. Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.
Liana @ femme fraiche
I love your designs! Very pretty
Suz
Nothing better than a jam tart. It looks gorgeous! I love your twirls and stars!
Lynn @ I'll Have What She's Having
I wanted to try something different with my crostata, but looking at yours I’m now wishing for a nice big piece of jam filled goodness. Beautiful!
Penelope Tsaldari
Your daring Crostata looks divine. The midnight stars look “daring”, serene and fino as only the Italani can do. A Renaissance Bakery prize, lying idly on a rough wooden shelf, for some handmaiden to fetch it for her squire. Seductively waning as a tart Crostata should. You’ve done it again! I love this.
I bid greetings to Audax, a might wizard in the kitchen.
Simona
I love your decoration and the photo is very nice. Thanks to you for all your help. It was an amazing experience.
Tina
This looks so delicious and mouth-watering. Love the design, gorgeous!
Kim
Beautiful crostata! Nice job on the challenge!
Laura
Very beautiful and cool looking way of decorating the top of the crostata–it makes me think of 4th of July for some reason. I made some raspberry mini-crostatas, and they were my favorite.
Tami
Nice job with the top! I found the pastry quite fiddly. Wasn’t my day. I’m looking forward to trying one similar to your family crostata you posted about a few months ago. Looks delish!