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White Chocolate, Cranberry and Pear Crostata

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To say I’m a carb lover, is an understatement.

I mean…I love carbs.  I can’t get enough.  So when a recipe has pie dough it immediately captures my attention.  Which is what happened a few years ago when I first discovered Crostata.

It’s like heaven in shape of a circle.

What is Crostata, you ask?  According to Wikipedia:

“Traditionally, a crostata consisted of a base, usually three layers, of friable dough “flavoured with clarified fat and butter”. Today, shortcrust pastry is used instead. It is differentiated from atorta by its filling: a crostata has an inconsistent chunky filling, whereas a torta has a consistent filling made of blended ingredients. There are “endless variations” of both sweet and savoury crostata, the sweet ones usually served as a dessert.”

Now that I have your taste buds moist, here’s my recipe for White Chocolate, Cranberry and Pear Crostata.

White Chocolate, Cranberry and Pear Crostata. Prep time less than 10 minutes
I think most of you know by now, I’m all about taking shortcuts.  But I love to balance shortcuts with whole food as much as possible.  So the beauty of this Q U I C K recipe is that you can use premade pie dough.  Like the kind that’s in your refrigerator section.
The only thing that will take a few minutes is removing the skin & cutting up your pears.  But the truth is, if your pears are ripe, it will hardly take anytime at all to peel & slice your pears.  I promise!
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White Chocolate, Cranberry and Pear Crostata

Make sure your dough does not have any holes in it prior to going in the oven. If you DO have a hole try to kneed your pie dough together before adding your filling. Make sure to bake it with the parchment paper to avoid any clean up mess.

Ingredients

  • 1 refrigerator pie shell
  • 4-5 ripe pears (depending on size) peeled and sliced
  • 2 cups of dried cranberries
  • 1.5 cups of white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup of flour
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • zest of one lemon *if desired
  • 2 Tablespoons of butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400*
  2. On baking sheet with parchment paper unroll your pie dough crust.
  3. Add your white chocolate chips to the center of the pie dough and then spreading out. Being careful not to touch the edges with the chocolate chips.
  4. In large mixing bowl, mix your pears, cranberries, flour sugar, salt & lemon zest* if desired. Mix together gently. Then place your mix on top of the white chocolate chips in the pie dough form.
  5. Being careful not to make it spread out and over.
  6. The carefully bring up the edges and fold over as you go.
  7. Dab your butter on the edges of the pie dough before going in the oven.
  8. Bake for about 30-40 minutes. Checking after the first 30 minutes.
  9. Allow to cool. Serve by itself or with vanilla ice cream.
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Once your pears are sliced.  Mix everything together in the bowl.

Cranberry and Pear Crostata - mixing up the pears, cranberries flour & sugar.
Hopefully you already have your baking sheet with your parchment paper, pie dough unrolled, with your White Chocolate Chips inside the pie dough so that you can spread this mixture inside the dough.  Being careful not to overfill or you will have a big mess to clean up!!!

Quick White Chocolate, Cranberry & Pear Crostata
Trust me, it’s a beautiful combination together!!!
What’s even weird-er is that my picky eater boy loves this!!!
Easy and Quick White Chocolate, Cranberry & Pear Crostata. Less than 10 minutes prep
It’s perfect for the coming holidays, for a winter treat or to give as gifts!  I typically make 2 at a time, since you get 2 pie crusts in a box.  We’ll either eat it up or give to a friend.  Serve alone or with ice cream.  Either way it’s delicious!