Italian cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Crostata di Marmellata

Shortcrust tart with jam and a lattice top – the classic Italian breakfast.

Ingredients · for 8 servings

• 300 g flour
• 150 g cold butter
• 120 g sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon (zest)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 400 g apricot or cherry jam

Instructions

1. Quickly knead flour, butter, sugar, egg yolks, egg, lemon zest, baking powder and salt into a shortcrust pastry.
2. Wrap the pastry in cling film and chill for 1 hour, otherwise it will tear when rolled out.
3. Roll out two thirds of the pastry and line a greased tart tin with it.
4. Spread the jam evenly over it, leaving a border free.
5. Cut strips from the remaining pastry and lay them on top as a lattice.
6. Bake at 180 °C for 35 minutes until golden and let cool completely so the filling sets.