Noni's Crostata

Submitted by SoupCookie

"My Noni (grandma) has made this every christmas since I can remember. It's now my turn to make and share this recipe which has been passed down from my great-noni. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do :)"

 

• Ready In: 42mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 crostata
• Serves: 24-32

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 3 - 3 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 lemon, zest of, grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pint jam

directions

1. Cream butter and sugar. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Stir in yolks one at a time then add lemon peel and vanilla; stir to combine.
3. Next add 3 cups flour and the baking powder and stir well. If needed, add 1/2 cup flour to stiffen dough.
4. Press all-except 1 cup-of dough into a cookie sheet and spread with your choice of jam. We've traditionally used raspberry, strawberry or plum.
5. Roll out remaining cup of dough on a floured surface and cut into strip's. Lay strip's in a criss-cross pattern on top of jam.
6. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.

Reviews

[christie]

So Yum! I didn't have any lemons on hand so I skipped the zest. I used my homemade plum jam and served it warm, dusted with icing sugar. Thank you very much for a lovely recipe I will make again :)