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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. I {heart} you! I LOVE my apple pie with cheese, and blue is my favorite, and you said it’s okay to eat pie for dinner:)

  2. Seriously, the more I learn about Jordan, the more I feel that she and Gavin are twins separated at birth (a few years). Gavin LOVES apples. Like he has an apple a day (at least one) and maybe also some apple sauce . . . and apple juice until I beg him to diversify. This looks amazing Dorothy!!

  3. My favorite time to eat pie is breakfast! oh..and lunch and dinner! and dessert! I love how this recipe seems like it took hours to prepare, but has simple ingredients! Such a time saver!

  4. Yum! I love that this performs double duty. I also have dessert almost every night 😉

  5. I totally agree – cheese has no place in dessert This looks like a fabulous lunch to me 🙂

  6. I saw a picture of this on Instagram and I had come over to see the recipe! I just got a pizza stone and it can be used on the grill. This is the perfect recipes to test it with!! LOVE pie crust for pizza 🙂

  7. I am ALLLLLL about dessert as often as possible. I eat it after dinner and lunch every day! And now something sweet FOR dinner? Sign me up!

  8. Ooo I love pairing apples with cheese – this sounds wonderful! And pie for dinner is always a good thing. White cheddar sounds fantastic too! I have to have dessert every night too – some nights it’s only chocolate milk but hey at least it’s something : )