Apple Tart

Crostata di Mele with buttery pasta frolla, vanilla custard, and baked apples — a classic Tuscan dessert for refined service.

Crostata di Mele Pasta Frolla Dolci Station Wine Pairing Ready

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This Apple Tart is wired for master search, wine pairing logic, live inventory, costing, batch scaling, and Dolci Station workflow.

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Apple tart with custard

Recipe Overview

Classic Tuscan apple tart with buttery pasta frolla, vanilla custard, and baked apples — elegant, simple, comforting, and perfect for pastry station production.

Chef Notes

Bake the tart gently so the custard sets without separating. Let the tart rest before slicing for clean portions and better flavor.

Connected Experience

This recipe includes serving controls, tart weight, per-slice yield, costing, nutrition estimate, Menu Builder routing, and station buttons.

Production Controls

Per-slice weight: 125 g / 125 g

Ingredients

  • Pasta frolla: batch
  • Milk: g
  • Heavy cream: g
  • Egg: pc
  • Sugar: g
  • Apples, peeled and cored: g
  • Vanilla: to taste
  • Lemon zest: to taste
  • Ground cinnamon: to taste

Preparation

  1. Roll pasta frolla to about 2 mm thickness, line a tart ring or pan, then chill for 20 minutes.
  2. Whisk milk, heavy cream, egg, sugar, vanilla, lemon zest, and cinnamon until smooth.
  3. Peel, core, and slice the apples thinly.
  4. Arrange the apples evenly in the tart shell.
  5. Pour the custard gently over the apples.
  6. Bake at 325°F / 163°C for 22 to 25 minutes, until the custard is set.
  7. Cool completely, unmold, and serve at room temperature.

Service Suggestions

  • Serve at room temperature for clean slices.
  • Finish with powdered sugar, caramel, or a small scoop of gelato.
  • Excellent for brunch, pastry case, plated dessert, or catering menus.

Dietary / HACCP Notes

  • Vegetarian dessert.
  • Contains gluten, dairy, and egg.
  • Cool completely before storage; refrigerate if held for later service.
Nutrition Facts (auto-calculated)
Calories 320
Fat (g) 18
Carbs (g) 36
Protein (g) 5

Per-slice weight: 125 g

Chef Costing + Menu Builder
Apples ($ each)
Custard batch ($)
Pasta frolla batch ($)
Total Cost $0.00
Cost / Slice $0.00
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Diet
Vegetarian
Texture
Buttery · Creamy
Service
Room temperature
Wine Pairing
Spumante / Moscato d’Asti
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