This Stone Fruit Crostada with Rye Crust is born of many different influences. I love stone fruit season and have been waiting all Summer to do a Peach and Plum dessert. Initially, I thought you might be getting a crisp of some sort, but then I read a really lovely recipe that called for a crust with rye flour in the mix. I loved the dark color and the idea of a more savory and substantially flavored crust. Color me intrigued, right? And as a seasoned lover of rye breads (hello, Swedish Limpa anyone?) I figured I ought to add some almond flour in the mix just to up the Scandinavian ante. The dough was very forgiving and easy to work with and this endeavor definitely turned me on to working with rye flour again in the future with desserts. I’m already scheming on all sorts of citrusy combinations for winter. But I digress. Back to the stone fruits. I have been making tons of refrigerator jam this Summer, and I had some plums at the perfect stage of going bad. Sweetening fruits with jams has long been a favorite sweetening strategy of mine and you get that double whammy of fruit flavor! And of course, as you may know if you’ve ready my apple pie recipe, I love layering flavor by using many different types of the same fruit. So here, I used six different plums, two nectarines, and a peach. Each bit brings on a slightly different texture and flavor that keeps you on your toes. Despite its rustic and humble appearance, this Stone Fruit Crostada with Rye Crust is a playful and complicated dessert.
Stone Fruit Crostada with Rye Crust
Ingredients
- 3 peach and nectarines I used white and yellow
- 6 plums bring on the variety; I found my new favorite plum, it’s green
- [6-8 cups of fruit total- this recipe is very forgiving]
- ½ lemon; juiced
- 1 cup plum jam make your own refrigerator jam* or store bought
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla paste
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper optional
- 1-2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup extra sugar to taste I didn’t use any, but it wouldn’t be crazy
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup rye flour
- ¾ cup almond flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 14 tablespoons cold unsalted butter; diced
- 3-5 tablespoons cup ice water
Instructions
- Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal with some pea-size pieces of butter still visible. Add the ice water and pulse until the dough just starts to come together; you should still see small pieces of butter. Scrape the dough out onto a work surface and gather it together. Form into a disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until well-chilled (1 hour or overnight).
- When you’re ready to make the Crostada, slice all the fruit in half. Remove the stones (here's what to do if one splits).
** Want to make the sorbet? Take 1 pint store bought raspberry sorbet, half a pint of blood orange sorbet, and 2-3 teaspoons of rose water and blend them in a blender. Pour it back into the containers and let freeze for a couple of hours. Easy does it one the rosewater. It’s easy to let it get perfume-y. For more detailed description check out my Rose Raspberry Float post.