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Do you like cheese on apple pie? This Apple Gorgonzola Crostata is the perfect lunch or dessert! It is so similar to a classic apple pie recipe, but more versatile! Top it off with some yummy gorgonzola cheese!

apple gorgonzola crostata with apples and cheese in the crust.


The Best Apple Crostata

My favorite pie is apple pie, so creating this was so fun! This crostata, which is a galette or rustic crusted pie, is made with apples and topped with gorgonzola and walnuts: it’s a savory apple pie!

The buttery gorgonzola cheese makes this recipe! You can use whatever apples you choose: like Granny Smith and Gala. It’s an apple pie with cheese inside, instead of on top.

ingredients in apple gorgonzola crostata.

Ingredients Needed

  • Apples: Whatever kind you’d like – I recommend Granny Smith.
  • Sugar: Granulated sugar to sweeten the apples.
  • Cinnamon: A must in anything apple!
  • Walnuts: You can substitute pecans.
  • Gorgonzola Cheese: Also known as Italian blue cheese.
  • Pie Crust: Use my homemade pie crust recipe or a refrigerated crust.

How to make Apple Gorgonzola Crostata

  • Melt butter in a medium frying pan over medium-low heat.
  • Add thinly sliced apples, cinnamon, and sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, until they just start to become transparent, but not enough that they become mushy (about 5 minutes).
  • Stir lemon, zest, walnuts, and cheese into the apple mixture.
  • Unroll pie crust onto prepared cookie sheet.
  • Pour apple mixture onto the center of the crust and spread it out so that there is about a 1” border around the edge.
  • Fold up the edge over the apples, crimping as needed to go around the circle, creating a crust. Brush with egg wash.
  • Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the crust starts to get golden brown. Cool slightly before slicing and serving.
apple gorgonzola crostata with apples and cheese in the crust.

Expert Tips

  • If you don’t like gorgonzola cheese, you can use another kind! Substitute with any gourmet cheese: white cheddar, bleu cheese, or brie would be amazing!
  • Use a premade pie crust to make this recipe go faster!
  • Serve this as a simple lunch or dinner with a side salad, or it can be dessert. It does double duty!

FAQs

Does this need to be refrigerated?

Refrigerate leftovers. Reheat in the microwave or in an air fryer if you have one.

Can you freeze a crostata?

Freeze this in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

apple gorgonzola crostata with apples and cheese in the crust.

Apple Gorgonzola Crostata

5 from 1 vote
An easy free form savory apple pie with cheese!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Yield 6 servings
Serving Size 1 serving

Ingredients
 

  • 1 pound apples
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons (25g) sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • Zest of one small lemon
  • Juice of ½ lemon (about 1 tablespoon)
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • ½ cup crumbled Gorgonzola Cheese
  • 1 refrigerated pie crust from a pack of two
  • Egg wash
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • Peel and core your apples, then slice them thin.
  • Melt butter in a medium frying pan over medium-low heat. Add the apples, cinnamon, and sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, until they just start to become transparent, but not enough that they become mushy (about 5 minutes).
  • Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes.
  • Unroll pie crust onto prepared cookie sheet.
  • Stir lemon, zest, walnuts, and cheese into the apple mixture. Pour apple mixture onto the center of the crust and spread it out so that there is about a 1” border around the edge. Fold up the edge over the apples, crimping as needed to go around the circle, creating a crust.
  • Whisk egg with a splash of water and using a small brush or your fingers, spread some around the edge of the crust. (This will give it a golden brown look.) You won’t use all the egg.
  • Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the crust starts to get golden brown. Cool slightly before slicing and serving.

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Recipe Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 150mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 232IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 0.4mg
Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate
Course Main Course
Cuisine American

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Last Updated on September 20, 2023



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39 Comments

  1. Ohmygoodness Dorothy, I LOVE the way you think!! I eat dessert after dinner every single day too (and sometimes two… or one after lunch!). There’s no way this counts as dessert though — not with the cheese! I think my favorite is goat cheese, so maybe I’d use that instead. My parents would love that!

  2. I love all the flavor combos in this Crostata! And I especially love that it can be for dessert or lunch, dinner or breakfast! Great yummy recipe!

  3. oh yummmmmm 🙂 apples and gorgonzola have worked out so wonderfully in this hand formed pie…just love how it has crisped brown with that sweet tart fruity apples in them…would make an awesome dessert 🙂