Shortcake with currant is a drop of summer, even if the baking is created on winter days: the fresh taste of the berry, its rich color and airiness of the dough will return the gourmet for a short summer on warm summer days.
The aroma of summer and the fragility of the dough, “like sand”, will create a vivid sensation of internal heat that even the most severe frosts raging in the outside world will not be able to destroy.
Essential Pie Ingredients
Simple products will be required. It:
- 2 eggs;
- 300 grams of cream;
- 400 grams of flour;
- 300 grams of black currant;
- 200 grams of butter;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of cold water;
- an incomplete glass of sugar;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Cooking Currant Pie
Shortbread dough is prepared according to the classical principle: the butter is mixed with flour and half the norm of sugar to a characteristic powdery crumb, then the eggs should be divided into yolks and proteins. The first to send to oil, and the second to postpone. Add water with lemon juice to the oil and grind everything again, kneading the dough. It should not be liquid or too floating, then the cake will lose its brittleness and become “rubber”. That is why the addition of fluid should be treated with caution: add not all at once, but a little.
In order to easily roll the tender dough into a thin layer, it should be placed between two layers of cling film. It is necessary to roll out with a thickness of no more than three to five millimeters, so you need to act carefully and leisurely. Transfer a layer of dough into a form, winding it onto a rolling pin, and straighten the edges, making low sides. Putting the mold in a cold place so that the dough begins to breathe is a prerequisite for shortcrust pastry.
To prepare the filling, you need to whip the cream with the remaining sugar until slightly thickened and add currants to them. An important point: the berry must be dry, so it should be dried with a paper towel before cooking.
Baking & Serving
The dough should be in the refrigerator for at least half an hour, then it can be taken out and pierced with a fork in several places. This is done so that it does not bubble and maintain a flat shape, because the dough sheet is rolled quite thinly. Pour currant filling on top, even out with a spoon if necessary and send to the oven, already heated to 200 degrees. Cake with currants is not baked for long, only 20 minutes, so we do not yawn and set the table.
It is better to eat pies of this kind completely chilled, even from the refrigerator, then the combination of currant cream and light dough will exceed all expectations.
Grated pie
Open cake made from shortcrust pastry with currants is great. However, there is an option that is more unusual in appearance and amazing in taste. For grated shortbread cake with currants you will need:
- two glasses of flour;
- 150 grams of butter;
- half a glass of sugar;
- two eggs.
For the filling you need currants, it does not matter whether fresh or thawed, we take a glass with the top.
The dough is prepared without frills: all components are mixed, except flour and currant, until a homogeneous consistency. To make it more convenient to do this, the oil is rubbed on a coarse grater or chopped into crumbs. Next, flour is poured into the mass, and a soft, but not fluid dough is kneaded: it looks more like plasticine than smeared porridge.
The resulting lump of dough is divided into two parts: larger and smaller. Separate 1/4 part from the first and set aside the rest, kneading with your fingers, along the bottom of the baking dish covered with parchment. From the quarter roll the side for the cake about two centimeters high, and send the smaller part to the freezer: it is necessary that it freezes to a very dense state. Put the form with the rolled dough in the refrigerator for half an hour, then take out and pour the currant berries into the cavity. It is not in vain that the shortcake is called grated: on top of the berries you need to grate a frozen piece of dough on a coarse grater, making sure that the chips are distributed evenly.
Bake the cake in the oven, setting the temperature to 180 degrees, it takes about half an hour. Serve to the table better chilled, so it is easier to cut, without losing shape. A pie with currants made from shortcrust pastry and a glass of fresh milk or aromatic mint tea is an amazing start to the day! A wandering smile of delight will embarrass others for a long time, lost in bewilderment: what happened?
Calorie pie with currant
Pie with fresh currants from shortcrust pastry is considered dietary, since there are only 210 calories in one hundred grams of this dessert (option No. 1), according to the second recipe, it is even less, so you can safely include a piece of such a delicious treat in your morning or daily diet without fear for a figure.
Children like these desserts very much, perhaps subconsciously feeling the benefits of currants and the rainbow mood that this magical berry carries. In winter, it is one of the main suppliers of vitamin C, which keeps the baby's immunity at a height, preventing the harmful influenza viruses and SARS from entering the cells.