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Ricotta & Nutella ‘Crostata’ Tart-Easy

Many people who know me well, know that i have more of a cheese tooth rather than a sweet tooth and have never bigged up my dessert skills….cos frankly i don’t think I have any.

Ricotta & Nutella Tart

Ricotta & Nutella Tart

However, my tiny Italian friend Valentina is the sweet tooth queen and has made me this dish a couple of time. I had my Xmas bake off and was planning to make something savoury but that did not go to plan. So in 1 1/2 hours, I managed to bake this delicious dish and not a crumb was left :-). Ingredients: 8-10 portions

150g Plain Flour

80g Butter (cold)

60g Caster Sugar

1 egg

Vanilla Essence

Pinch of salt

For the filling:

400g Ricotta

400g of Nutella

2 tablespoons of Sugar

1 egg yolk

Cocao Powder

  • To make the pastry, add the flour and butter (cubed) into a bowl. With you fingertips, rub the butter into the flour until it looks like a crumble.
  • Then add, the sugar. Mix the egg yolk with 2 tbsp of water. Add to 1 tbsp and 2 tbsp of egg and mix with the flour and butter. Try to bring the crumb together with your hands until it becomes a dough. Try not to add to much liquid or overwork pastry.
  • Roll the pastry into a ball.
  • Wrap in clingfilm, and put in the fridge for 30 mins or freezer for no longer than 15 mins.
  • Take out of the freezer, and between 2 sheets of grease proof paper, roll out the pastry until it is 5mm thick.
  • When rolled out, lift the pastry and place into a pastry/flan tin, (leave the grease proof paper so it faces down into the tin) and press it into the tin.
  • Blind bake in the oven for 20-25 mins.
  • Take out of oven and spread the Nutella on the base carefully
  • Mix the ricotta, 2 tablesponns of sugar and egg yolk; then spread a layer on top of the Nutella

Tiny Italian Hint: Add a little coffee to the ricotta mixture. Coffee and chocolate is a great flavour tasting combination.

  • Cook in the oven at 180C for 45 minutes
  • Let it cool down and sprinkle cocao powder on top to serve


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Ciao, I’m Paola I’m Paola (The Tiny Italian). I'm an Italian food expert cook and teacher. I teach people to not only cook but teach them how to LOVE TO COOK. I help change peoples mindset by showing them that cooking is not only for 'FOODIES' and sharing the fun, stress-free side with recipes, tips and cooking experiences.

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  • Diana
    2nd July 2014

    Can you mix the ricotta with the nutella?

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  • clare
    11th December 2012

    It was absolutely divine!x

    Reply

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Crab is one of those ingredients that can feel a little overwhelming to cook with as it can feel quite BOUJEE but the reality is, most large supermarkets stock crab meat in their fresh fish section. Plus you don’t have to do any of the time consuming prep as it’s already cooked and dressed. Therefore all you have to do is decide what you want to enjoy it with. EASY RIGHT??!

If you would like to cook with crab, why not try my new recipe along with @garofalopastauk SPAGHETTI ALLA CHITARRA which will be revealed on Thursday.

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🦀 200g crab meat
🧄 4 garlic cloves
🌶 1 fresh red chilli
🍃 125g baby spinach
🍞 2 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
🍋 1 lemon
🍝 250g spaghetti alla chitarra @garofalopastauk (order from @ocadouk or @amazonuk)
🍶Olive oil
🧂Sea salt
🧂Black pepper. 

Let me know if this has inspired them to cook with crab. 

And remember’cook food that makes you feel good’💃🏻

#crabmeat #pastarecipe #easycooking
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