The hazelnut shortcrust pastry is a type of pastry where a part of the flour is replaced with hazelnut flour.
You can exactly taste the hazelnuts in it, making it wonderfully suitable for making pies with Nutella or the classic jam filling, or bases for cakes with cream.
This pastry is also very suitable for making delicious cookies, which will be very tasty even without any filling, as they already contain all the delicious taste of this wonderful nut.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 299.46 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 29.52 (g) of which sugars 14.02 (g)
- Proteins 5.18 (g)
- Fat 18.87 (g) of which saturated 7.03 (g)of which unsaturated 4.00 (g)
- Fibers 0.92 (g)
- Sodium 60.66 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 61 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup hazelnut flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1/2 packet vanillin
- to taste fine salt
Tools
- Blender / Mixer
Preparation
To prepare the hazelnut shortcrust pastry, you will need hazelnut flour.
If you don’t have it, just toast whole hazelnuts for a few minutes in a saucepan and, when cold, blend them in the mixer with a tablespoon of flour taken from the recipe.
Regarding the preparation of the pastry, work the sugar with the butter in a bowl.
Then add the hazelnut flour, the egg, the vanillin, the sifted baking powder and briefly resume kneading.
Finally, add the flour and a pinch of fine salt and incorporate quickly.
When you have obtained a homogeneous dough, let it rest in the fridge wrapped in plastic wrap for at least half an hour.
Our shortcrust pastry is now ready to make delicious cookies, pies, or cake bases.
Storage
In the fridge well wrapped in plastic wrap for 2 days. In the freezer for no more than 2 months.
In the fridge well wrapped in plastic wrap for 2 days. In the freezer for no more than 2 months.
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Here is a selection of products that are very useful in making desserts. Many of these have been purchased and tested by myself. To view recommended products click here.
