This soft Bimby shortcrust pastry recipe is perfect for those days when, like me, you don’t have time to get your hands into dough, but still want to bake a sweet treat for breakfast, like a tart or cookies.
Preparing the shortcrust pastry with the Bimby is very quick and simple, requiring just a few ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and half a packet of baking powder to make the pastry soft and crumbly, all of which should be cold to ensure its crumbliness. If you’re in a hurry, leave it in the fridge for at least half an hour, otherwise, it’s best for a couple of hours.
The recipe I give you is flavored with lemon zest, but you can also use orange zest or the seeds from a vanilla bean. Let’s go discover this wonderful soft shortcrust pastry.
See you soon, Susy
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 2 Hours
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Electric Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 355.99 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 42.43 (g) of which sugars 4.39 (g)
- Proteins 7.42 (g)
- Fat 18.40 (g) of which saturated 11.44 (g)of which unsaturated 6.63 (g)
- Fibers 1.28 (g)
- Sodium 14.63 (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 Soft Bimby Shortcrust Pastry
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 9 tbsp butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 lemon zest
- 1/2 packet baking powder
You Will Need
- Food Processor
- Spatula
How to Make Soft Bimby Shortcrust Pastry
Preparing the Bimby shortcrust pastry is super easy and fast, starting with placing the lemon zest and sugar in the bowl and setting it for 15 Sec. Speed 8.
Add the butter in pieces, 15 Sec. Speed 5, then the yolk and whole egg, 15 Sec. Speed 4.
Combine the flour and baking powder, 25 Sec. Speed 4, use the spatula to gather the dough from the sides of the bowl to the center and knead again for 25 Sec. Speed 4.
Remove the dough and place it on the work surface, quickly shape it into a ball. The Bimby shortcrust pastry is ready, wrap it in parchment paper or cling film and refrigerate it for at least a couple of hours before using.
You can keep it in the fridge for a week or freeze it for a couple of months in a food bag.
