What are you going to do with the apples you've picked this season? I can see them waiting for you now. Make an apple crostata with the recipe shared by Al Forno back in the day. It was one of Chef's ...

With all the delectable summer fruits available, it’s a good time to give Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis‘ fruit crostata a go. A close cousin of the French galette, crostatas can be made, of ...

From the title of Lidia Bastianich’s new cookbook, “Lidia’s Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine,” you might be expecting an encyclopedic textbook, along the lines of Julia Child’s classic masterwork ...

A lot of cooks will tell you that nothing beats homemade pie crust, whether you go for an all-butter crust or something made with shortening. But we’ll be honest – unless it’s a truly special ...

For crust: Mix flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Add butter. Cut in with back of fork until butter is reduced to oatmeal-size flakes. Add ice water. Toss until moist clumps form, adding more ice ...

Makes one 9-inch open-faced tart or enough to serve 4 An Italian crostata (galette in French) is an open-faced tart mostly made with fruit, and ideal for tomatoes, which are technically fruit. You ...

The open-faced tart called crostata in Italian can be filled with a variety of fruits or savory ingredients (onions, mushrooms, potatoes). For Easter, this one is made with ham and cheese. The ...

“Caramelized onions, goat cheese and fresh arugula all in a flakey pie crust… what’s not to love?” De Laurentiis wrote on Instagram yesterday. She continued, “This crostata is an absolute ...

Fall is here in NYC, with perfectly crisp mid 60s temperatures perfect for throwing on a flannel and doing all the fall things – drinking warm cider and PSLs, scoping out foliage and – my personal ...