OVIS MOLLIS SOFT COOKIES with hard-boiled egg dough, buttery, melt in your mouth, easy and quick, perfect idea also to gift for Christmas.
The ovis mollis are delicious, very soft cookies with a shortcrust pastry made with hard-boiled eggs, ideal to serve as a dessert after lunch, great any time of the day.
The recipe for preparing ovis mollis is very simple, first you have to boil the eggs, then use the hard yolks to prepare the basic shortcrust pastry, the rest is simple, proceed as with a common basic shortcrust pastry.
Obviously, you can fill them as you like; I used pistachio cream, but jam is fine, in fact, I would say they are perfect, or Nutella or even custard and they are great to give as a Christmas gift, you will make a great impression.
Follow me in the kitchen today, there are ovis mollis!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 12-15
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup potato starch
- 2 egg yolks (hard-boiled)
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- lemon zest
Steps
Boil the eggs for 7 minutes, then immerse them in cold water, let them cool and peel them.
Put the yolks with the butter in the food processor and mix together, then add the flour with the starch, sugar, and grated lemon zest.
Mix everything, then move the dough onto the work surface, knead it a little with your hands to make it smoother, work quickly because it is a dough rich in butter and should not heat up too much.
Make 12-15 balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, press the center with an index finger, decorate with pistachio crumbs, and bake in the hot oven at 350°F
Bake for 15 minutes, then remove and fill with spreadable pistachio cream, jam, or Nutella.
Bon appétit
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