Crostata alla Nutella
A crumbly sweet pastry tart filled with chocolate hazelnut spread and finished with a lattice, baked for 35 minutes at 180C.
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What to Put on the Table With Crostata alla Nutella
- Coffee
- Whipped cream
- Vanilla ice cream
How to Make Crostata alla Nutella
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Rub the butter into the flour, sugar and salt, add the egg, yolk and zest and press into a dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
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Heat the oven to 180°C / 355°F. Roll out two thirds of the dough and line a 24 cm tin.
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Spread the chocolate hazelnut spread over the base in a layer 1 cm thick.
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Cut the rest of the dough into strips and lay them over in a lattice.
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Bake for 35 minutes until golden. Scatter with the hazelnuts and cool completely in the tin.
Worth Knowing Before You Cook
Spread the filling thin so it does not boil over.
Chill the dough before rolling.
Cool completely before slicing.
Leftovers
Keeps for 4 days in a tin.
Crostata alla Nutella: Your Questions Answered
How long does Crostata alla Nutella take to make?
20 minutes of preparation and 35 minutes of cooking, plus 30 minutes of chilling, so allow 1 hour 25 minutes from start to finish. The method also needs time for cooling completely, which it does not time, so treat that as a minimum. The recipe serves 8.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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