![]() ![]() The generic crust was just too dry and even though there was a significant amount of leakage from my tart due to the breakdown of the crust, I have to say that this tart was really tasty. I can't say the same for the generic version. ![]() There is a reason why my preferred commercial crust is Pillsbury - because those crusts have never failed me when I have used them. This was one of those generic pie crusts, and I have to say that while it is convenient to have premade pie crusts on hand for times like this, I will never - I repeat never - buy the generic ones again. Now I remember why it was stuffed in the back of the freezer. I thought I would find that and use it to make a crostata. I didn't feel up to making up a pie crust, though I don't know why, because they really aren't all that hard, but I remembered that I had run across a premade frozen pie crust while digging around in my freezer. So apples with pears and a bit of grape with some cream cheese sounded like a match made in heaven to me! Turns out the term "galette" can represent a wide variety of foods, from cookies, to cakes, to pies, to biscuits, depending on where you're from.Īlthough Sandra's was more of a jam tart since she did not use any actual fresh fruit - only the grape jelly with some ricotta cheese - I thought I could work with this general idea and use up some leftover fruit I had on hand. Then again, if you're basing a recipe similar to this from the French, it's known as a galette, not to be confused with the Gulf Coast galette, which is a fry bread savory biscuit! I know. Okay, if we're gonna get authentic here, I think it's an Italian low-rise free form tart, though technically I think the authentic Italian crostata has a totally different type of pastry crust and is presented a bit differently than this one here or what Sandra Lee was doing. I was watching the Food Network channel the other day and saw Sandra Lee making what she called a crostata - which is really pretty much just a tart. ![]() A rustic, free form tart made with apples, pears and a cream cheese and grape filling. ![]()
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