Carnival shortcrust pastry masks are shortcrust cookies, like Harlequin cookies, ideal for celebrating the most fun and cheerful masquerade party of the year Carnival.
Carnival is a festival I remember with so much love because my mom was able to create truly beautiful masks and costumes. All this with little, using old clothes and a lot of creativity. In fact, my brother and I always had beautiful carnival masks thanks to her.
Now, the recipe is very easy: I prepared a fragrant shortcrust pastry, let it rest for at least half a day in the fridge to make it more elastic and fragrant. Then, once the masks were created and baked, I covered part of them halfway with dark chocolate and finally decorated them with sugar pearls or colored sprinkles. The others just with colored sugar pearls!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 15
- Cooking methods: Electric Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 199.13 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 26.57 (g) of which sugars 14.29 (g)
- Proteins 2.84 (g)
- Fat 9.50 (g) of which saturated 5.91 (g)of which unsaturated 3.45 (g)
- Fibers 1.02 (g)
- Sodium 9.01 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 40 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 for Carnival Shortcrust Pastry Masks
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- lemon zest (grated)
- vanilla bean (seeds)
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup 50% dark chocolate
- to taste sugar pearls
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
You Will Need
- Cutters mask-shaped cookie cutter
- Bowl
- Baking tray
Preparing Carnival Shortcrust Pastry Masks
In a bowl, I mix the butter, sugar, and flavorings by hand, mix everything well, and add the eggs, salt, and finally the flour. I compact with my hands and obtain a dough that I wrap in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least a couple of hours. Resting in the fridge is necessary to make the pastry more elastic and to blend the flavors better.
After the rest time, I take the shortcrust dough and roll it out on the work surface with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1/5 inch, and with the mask-shaped cutter, I create masks that I place on a baking tray covered with parchment paper, to ensure that during cooking the cookies maintain the shape we gave them, I chill the tray in the fridge for 15 minutes😜. Now I can bake the carnival masks, so I cook them at 356°F for 15 minutes. Once baked, I take them out and let them cool completely before decorating.
I melt the dark chocolate in a double boiler. I take the masks, dip them halfway in the chocolate, place them on parchment paper, and finally decorate them with sugar sprinkles. To make them white, I beat an egg white with a teaspoon of powdered sugar, brush them with it, then I added colored sugar sprinkles. Before removing them from the parchment paper, I let them dry well, and then the party begins!
Happy Carnival!
Susy’s Advice
I recommend preparing them together with our children and deciding with them the decoration they like the most.
I’ll be waiting for you on my Facebook page, on my Instagram profile, TikTok, on Pinterest, and on my YouTube channel with my videos for a greeting and a comment.
See you soon, Susy
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