Desserts

Easy Blueberry Crostata

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A crostata or galette, depending on where you are from is a rustic dessert. It consists of pie dough wrapped around fresh fruit and baked to delicious goodness. In my book and in my head, I consider blueberry crostata a “healthy” dessert, since it is mostly fruit, right? Right! You can use a variety of fruits such as peaches, apples, pears or blackberries. Remember, a recipe is just a suggestion! I love making blueberry crostata because without being a good baker I was successful the very first

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Dough:
1¾ cups flour
1 stick unsalted butter
pinch of salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
1 egg beaten + 1 Tbsp. water
For the filling:
2 cups of blueberries
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
? cup sugar
4 tsp. cornstarch
6 oz. Neufchatel* cheese softened
1 Tbsp. milk
1 egg beaten
1 Tbsp. coarse sugar
1 egg + 1 Tbsp. water
*Neufchatel is in essence a low fat cream cheese
Preheat oven to 375'F. Prepare the filling: In a bowl place blueberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. Mix well and place in the refrigerator. In a separate bowl, mix the cheese with milk and the egg...
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Nutritions

Calories
409

Sodium
80mg
3% DV

Fat
26g
41% DV

Protein
5g
11% DV

Carbs
32g
10% DV

Fiber
2g
8% DV