Nonna Tell Me a Story by Lidia Bastianich

Author:Lidia Bastianich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Running Press
Published: 2011-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

1. To make the dough, stir the flour, sugar, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Drop in the butter and toss to coat it with the flour mixture. Using the tips of your fingers, rub the butter into the flour until the pieces of butter resemble small cornflakes. Work quickly to keep the butter as firm as possible. Beat the egg yolks and ¼ cup ice water in a separate bowl until blended. Drizzle over the flour-butter mixture and toss just until you have a rough dough, adding another teaspoon or so of water to get the dough to come together, if necessary. Don’t overmix. Turn out onto a work surface and knead lightly a few times, just to gather the dough into a ball. Wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 1 day.

2. Preheat the oven to 350°F. For the chocolate layer, melt chocolate and cream together in a double boiler. For the main chocolate filling, put sugar and butter in a food processor. Process until smooth. Add eggs and process again until smooth. Add flour, nuts, zest, and chocolate and process in short pulses to combine.You still want small chunks of nuts and chocolate.

3. Cut off two-thirds of the dough and roll into a rectangle. Fit the dough in a 9-by-13-inch baking pan, pressing it about half an inch up the sides. Spread the warm chocolate layer on the bottom of the crust. Chill it for a few minutes to set the chocolate a bit and then spread the main filling over to cover the chocolate. Roll out the remaining dough into a rectangle. Cut the dough into ½-inch strips. Form a lattice pattern over the filling with the strips of dough by arranging half of them perpendicularly over the filling. Bake until the dough is golden brown, about 25 minutes. Remove and cool completely before cutting it into squares. Crostata cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Note: Instead of the chocolate layer and filling, you can also just spread the crust with your favorite jam.

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