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Cherry and Dark Chocolate Crostata

Ingredients
  

  • Dough
  • 2 cups 250 g Italian 00 flour or all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup 100 g granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt
  • 11 Tbsp. chilled unsalted butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • Filling and assembly
  • 3â…“ cups fresh or frozen sweet cherries (about 20 oz.), pitted
  • 3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp. cornstarch
  • Big pinch of kosher salt
  • â…“ cup 67 g sugar, plus more for sprinkling
  • 2 oz. dark chocolate at least 70% cacao, coarsely chopped
  • 1 large egg beaten to blend
  • Special equipment
  • A 9″- or 10″-diameter tart pan with removable bottom

Method
 

Dough
  1. Step 1
    Pulse flour, sugar, lemon zest, baking powder, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture is the consistency of wet sand. Add egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and pulse again to combine. The mixture should still look crumbly but hold together when squeezed in your hand. Turn out onto a surface and smash and pat into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour.
  2. Do ahead: Dough can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.
Filling and assembly
  1. Step 2
    Cook cherries, lemon juice, cornstarch, salt, and ⅓ cup (67 g) sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until cherries have burst but still have some body and juices have thickened, 6–8 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes.
    Step 3
    Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 350°. Roll out dough to about ¼" thick. Transfer to tart pan; lift up dough, allowing it to slump into corners, then press lightly into pan. Trim excess so dough is flush with rim. Set extra dough aside.
    Step 4
    Scatter chocolate across crust, then top with filling. Reroll reserved dough; cut into strips or cut out into other shapes. Use strips to make a lattice top or decorate with shapes as desired. Brush dough with egg and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden brown, 20–25 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes to let filling set.
  2. Do ahead: Filling can be made 1 day ahead; cover and chill. Crostata can be baked 4 days ahead; let cool completely. Store covered at room temperature.
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