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A beautiful and fragrant Italian crostata with spelt flour. Homemade plum jam makes the dessert perfectly sweet.
By Veronica Lavenia
This Italian crostata is very tasty and particularly fragrant because of spelt flour, rich in nutrients. The homemade plum jam, made in the summer and then stored in a jar, is the essential touch of this delicious sweet.
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Plum Jam Crostata
- Author: Veronica Lavenia
- Yield: 8 to 10 1x
Description
A beautiful and fragrant Italian crostata with spelt flour. Homemade plum jam makes the dessert perfectly sweet.
Ingredients
- 200 g (7 oz) high-quality cold butter
- 350 g (12 oz) spelt flour
- 50 g (1¾ oz) almond flour
- 100 g (3½ oz-½ cup) light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- For the jam
- 400 g (14 oz) plums
- 100 g (3½ oz-½ cup) dark brown cane sugar
- the juice of one lemon
Instructions
- Knead all the ingredients together until you get a smooth dough.
- Roll out the dough into the tart pan and prick the dough.
- Let stand for about ten minutes in the fridge.
- For the jam: Wash the plums and cut into chunks. Pour into a saucepan with the sugar, lemon juice and let cook until it reaches the desired consistency (usually 30 minutes). Let it cool and blend the jam with an immersion blender.
- Spread the jam over the pastry and bake at 180°/gas 4 for 30 minutes.
- Category: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian

Veronica is a born and raised Italian. She inherited her love for travel, passion for cooking and natural, sustainable, healthy slow food from her parents. Her works have appeared in 'Vegetarian Living', 'Veggie Magazine', 'Lifestyle food', 'Australian Good Food & Travel Guide', 'Chickpea' and 'Free from Heaven', among others. She is the author of "Panini: the simple tastes of Italian style bread"; 'The Rustic Italian bakery", "The Vegetarian Italian Kitchen" and "A Modern Italian table", published by New Holland Publishers Australia.