Canestrelli are simple little cookies, but their goodness lies in their crumbly yet crunchy texture, and they melt in your mouth.
What makes them particularly melt-in-your-mouth is a type of shortcrust pastry made with already hard-boiled egg yolks.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 12
- Cooking methods: Electric oven, Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup potato starch
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 5.3 oz egg yolk (hard-boiled)
- pods vanilla
- to taste lemon zest
- 200 powdered sugar
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Fork
- 1 Sieve
- Stand Mixer
- Parchment Paper
- 1 Rolling Pin
- 1 Cookie Cutter flower shape
- 1 Cookie Cutter
Steps
To prepare our canestrelli with Ovis Mollis shortcrust pastry, it is necessary to cook the eggs until they become hard-boiled. Place the eggs (about 7/8) with the shell in a pot with water to cover them and cook for 10 minutes from when the water boils.
Cool the hard-boiled eggs and peel them.
Separate the hard-boiled yolks from the whites.
Take a sieve and sift the yolks; put the yolks in a bowl with the butter which should be at room temperature.
You can make the dough either by hand directly in the bowl or in a stand mixer.
Mash and mix the hard-boiled yolks well with the butter, then add the sugar and flavorings and mix, then all the flour.
You will get a dough ball that should rest for about half an hour in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap.
After this time, take the dough ball and soften it with your hands on the counter.
Dust with flour and roll out the dough to a height of about 3/16 inches.
Using the flower-shaped cutters, create the characteristic canestrello cookie, also making a hole in the center.
Place the cookies on the baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated oven at 320°F for a maximum of 20 minutes.
Let cool and dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Canestrelli can be stored for many days if you make sure to close them well in a tin box.
