What could be better than a shortbread cake for tea in the winter or freshly brewed summer compote? Probably the majority will answer, only a cake baked from the same dough. And only confectioners realize that it is very simple to make shortcrust pastry for a pie. This will not require much effort. It’s enough to know how to make shortcrust pastry.
Cooking technology
Shortcrust pastry for a pie is simple enough to prepare. To obtain a mass of 300 grams, the following products must be prepared in advance:
- wheat flour - 250 grams,
- sugar - 7 tablespoons,
- butter or margarine for baking - 100 grams
- egg - ÂĽ part
- salt to taste
Before starting the preparation of the dough, it is necessary to soften the oil, leaving it at room temperature for half an hour. Pour the egg into the container for making the dough and grind it with sugar. When the mass becomes homogeneous, introduce oil and bring the mixture to a homogeneous state. The whole procedure is best done with a wooden whisk or spoon.
After receiving a single mass of butter, sugar and eggs, you should introduce flour. This product is introduced in small portions for better mixing. After the shortbread dough for the pie is kneaded, it must be cooled. To do this, the resulting mass is wrapped in baking paper and put in a cool place with a maintained temperature of 15 - 20 degrees until they reach the set temperature. Shortcrust pastry for the cake is prepared using the same technology.
When preparing pastry from shortcrust pastry, several very important facts should be kept in mind:
- Strictly withstand temperature conditions. At a higher temperature, there is a risk of delamination of the dough components, and at a lower temperature, the shortbread dough for the cake hardens so much that it becomes difficult to roll out;
- The dough should be rolled out in a thin layer, a thicker layer will burn on the bottom, and inside will remain moist;
- The baking temperature of the dough is in the range of 230 - 250 degrees, and the baking time is about half an hour. Readiness checked with a wooden skewer
Simple recipes
Shortcrust pastry for a pie is an excellent basis for many delicious desserts. One of them is cottage cheese and fruit . To prepare it, the following products must be added to the above list of products:
- cottage cheese - 400 grams;
- fruit yogurt - 150 grams;
- egg - 3 pieces;
- fruits or berries - 100 grams;
- starch - a tablespoon.
The dough is prepared according to the technology described above. Cottage cheese and fruit filling - as follows: mix cottage cheese, eggs, yogurt and starch until creamy. Next, put shortcrust pastry for the cake in the form with high sides, making sides of 3-5 centimeters. Using a pastry bag, put the curd filling in the form on top of the dough and send it to the oven for 20 minutes. Then get the cake and put the fruit on top of it, and then bake again at a temperature of 150-170 degrees for about 15-20 minutes.
Shortbread dough is perfect for making pastries with jam . How to make shortbread dough for them is described above. Next, we divide the dough into two unequal parts, the larger of which is cooled to the indicated temperature, and the smaller one is sent to the freezer for an hour. At this time, we roll most of it into a large thin layer and lay it on a baking sheet, making a small edging with a centimeter high. We spread jam on it, leveling it according to the level of "sides". Next, three over the entire area of ​​the pan the frozen part of the dough. We bake a kind of cake according to the instructions above. After it is ready, the cake should be cooled and cut into squares.
Shortcrust pastry for the cake is prepared using the same technology as for the pies, with one exception: baking powder is also added to it. Using the presented cooking technology and his own imagination, even a novice culinary specialist will be able to delight themselves and loved ones with wonderful cakes - “Anthill”, “Sand King”, orange sand cake and many others.