Easy Blueberry Crostata Recipe A rustic, zesty, fruit filled crostata (A crostata is an Italian baked tart and a form of pie) that's really easy to make. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Yield: 8 Nutrition Information: 319 calories

5 grams of fat

15 grams of sugar

It feels like I haven’t baked for ages! To be honest, I think it’s because my mind has been elsewhere…we decided to get a beautiful kitten and she is such a wonderful time waster! So all my time has been taken up getting to know her rather than in the kitchen.

And after the epic two weeks with a wedding cake, Millennium Falcon Cake and Despicable Me cupcakes I was feeling like I needed a rest.

As much as I love making cakes for birthdays etc, sometimes it’s nice just to make something that I want to make.

Each week at work I order in fruit from our factory for staff on the training sessions to eat, and this week we had an abundance of blueberries. Rather than letting them go to waste, I brought them home and made this yummy tart/pie.

It’s so easy to make, and really tasty. My Mum, step Dad and Grandad thoroughly approved of it!

Recipe taken from Tesco Real Food.

Ingredients 375g pack shortcrust pastry

100g reduced-fat cream cheese

5 tbsp granulated sugar

500g blueberries (don’t worry if you don’t have this many – I used just under 400g)

1 lemon – zest only

1 tbsp plain flour

1 egg yolk

15ml milk

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200C

Roll out the pastry to a 30cm circle (I used a pre rolled sheet but re rolled it into a circle!)

Place onto a non stick baking sheet

Mix the cream cheese with 1 tbsp sugar – beat well

Spread over the pastry circle, leaving a 9cm edge

In a bowl, mix the blueberries with the lemon zest, flour and 3 tbsp sugar

Pour over the cream cheese, keeping the border free

Fold the pastry edges over the fruit

Whisk the egg yolk and milk together

Brush the egg mixture over the pastry

Sprinkle with the remaining sugar

Bake for 25 minutes, or until crisp and golden

A very fruity desert that is full of flavour! Highly recommended! It’s a bit like a mixture of a cheesecake and pie!

And in case you are a cat lover, here she is…