Shortcrust pastry with spelt flour is a perfect recipe for making cookies and tarts. In this recipe, I used clarified butter, which, thanks to the processing method, has a very low lactose content, making this dough suitable even for those who are intolerant. The recipe is very easy, fragrant, and elastic, because spelt is a flour that lends itself to various sweet and savory recipes and is more digestible and lighter than 00 flour. Let’s prepare this fragrant shortcrust pastry, hands-on!
See you soon, Susy.
I also leave you the recipe for:
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 1
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 425.87 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 49.09 (g) of which sugars 17.07 (g)
- Proteins 8.88 (g)
- Fat 22.33 (g) of which saturated 13.15 (g)of which unsaturated 7.12 (g)
- Fibers 3.52 (g)
- Sodium 12.58 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 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 Shortcrust Pastry with Spelt Flour
- 2 1/3 cups spelt flour
- 8 1/2 tbsp clarified butter (or regular butter)
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg (medium)
- Half lemon zest (grated)
- Half teaspoon baking powder
Tools
- Bowl
- Hand Whisk
Preparing the Shortcrust Pastry with Spelt Flour
Put the softened clarified butter, powdered sugar, and baking powder in the bowl. Using a fork, press the butter to absorb the sugar and baking powder. Then add the egg and continue to mix, blending well and incorporating the flour. Knead by hand until a homogeneous dough is formed, wrap it in plastic wrap, and leave it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours before using it.
Storage and Tips
Store the shortcrust pastry in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap for 4/5 days, you can also freeze it for up to two months, maximum three, and thaw it in the fridge before using it.
– you can replace clarified butter with regular butter.
– you can flavor it with vanilla or grated orange zest.
– if you want to make it chocolate-flavored, add 25g of cocoa powder, removing the same amount of spelt flour.
