We buy most of our groceries at a little neighborhood market a few blocks from our apartment. Although the store isn’t very big, they manage to fit a surprising variety of food inside.
A few weeks ago, they had Hidden Rose Apples on display. I’m a sucker for new foods I’ve never tried before, so I had to grab some. They are called Hidden Rose, because while they look like a regular apple on the outside, they are a pretty pink color inside! I knew I had to come up with some fun use for them. Fast forward to last night and apple crostata. I loosely followed Ina Garten’s recipe for guidance.
Pastry Dough
- 1/2 cup brown rice flour
- 6 tablespoons oat flour
- 2 tablespoons potato starch
- 1/2 teaspoon xantham gum
- tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick very cold butter, diced
- 2 tablespoons ice water
Apple Filling
- 3 Hidden Rose apples
- zest of one orange
- 1/4 cup oat flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 stick cold butter, diced
- 2 tablespoons pistachios, chopped
- Start the pastry dough by mixing the flours, sugar, and salt in a bowl. (Make sure the flours are well combined.) Add the butter and cut into the flour using a kitchen knife until the mixture is fairly blended. Add the water, again cut into the mixture. Finishing combining ingredients by hand, being careful not to overmix.
- Form the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refridgerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to an 11 inch circle, using a floured rolling pin. Move to a baking sheet.
- Slice the apples into 8ths, remove the core. Cut each wedge into 3 sections. Toss the apple chunks with the orange zest. Spread the mixture on the dough, leaving a 1 1/2 inch border.
- Make the topping by combining flour, sugar, allspice in a bowl. Again add the butter by cutting it into the flour mixture using a kitchen knife. Once mixture is crumbly, spread on top of the apples.
- Spread the pistachios evenly over pastry. Roll the edges of the dough to form the crust.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Serves 4-6
This looks fabulous, but I think I’m going to cheat. I’ll just sprinkle some sugar over the top of a frozen GF pizza crust as it defrosts and then I’ll put the apple mixture on top. Think it’ll work?
Does it serve 4 Mikes or 6 Kalindas alone or ala mode?
I’m sure that would work and it certainly would be easier.
That was 4 Mikes or 6 Kalindas alone. I didn’t even think to add ice cream. Let me know how it goes. :)
Do you think I should peel the apples or was the skin an alright texture?
Skin on is ok, you just have to be ready to bite through the apples.