Apple Crostata with Cinnamon-Almond Topping

Name: Apple Crostata with Cinnamon-Almond Topping
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, diced; 3 tablespoons (or more) ice water; 2/3 cup all purpose flour; 6 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar; 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal; 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, diced; 2/3 cup blanched slivered almonds; 7 tablespoons sugar, divided; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 4 large Pippin or Sierra Beauty apples (2 to 2 1/4 pounds total), peeled, halved, sliced 1/4-inch thick; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, divided

August 31, 2005

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