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Pumpkin-and-Ricotta Crostata

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The velvety combination of pumpkin and ricotta is studded with pine nuts for a scrumptious Thanksgiving crostata.

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Ingredients

  • 1 Disk Pasta Frolla
  • All-purpose flour, for dusting
  • Unsalted butter, softened, for pie plate
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese, drained for 30 minutes in a cheesecloth-lined sieve set over a bowl
  • 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
  • 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
  • Heaping 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts
  • 1 large egg white, lightly beaten

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring pasta frolla to room temperature. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick. Transfer to a lightly buttered 10-inch pie plate. Use your fingertips to press dough against bottom and sides of dish until even. Trim edges; refrigerate scraps in plastic wrap until step 4.
2.Prick bottom of pastry shell all over with a fork. Bake until set and pale golden brown, about 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. With a small knife, trim edge of shell where uneven to leave a 1/4-inch space between shell and top of dish.
3.Raise oven temperature to 375 degrees. Process ricotta in a food processor until smooth. Add the mascarpone, pumpkin, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla; process until well combined, about 30 seconds. Add yolks; process until combined, about 10 seconds. Pour into pastry shell.
4.Tear reserved chilled dough scraps into 1-inch pieces. On a lightly floured surface, gently roll pieces with your hands to make 1/4-inch-thick ropes. Gently press one long rope around top edge of shell (patch two ropes together, if necessary). Gently place other pastry ropes on top of filling to create a lattice pattern (ropes of all lengths can be used). Place 3 pine nuts in each square of lattice. Brush latticework with egg white.
5.Bake crostata until crust is golden brown and filling is set, about 40 minutes. Let cool on rack.

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