The Ovis Mollis Cookies (soft eggs) are small sweets made with shortcrust pastry using hard-boiled and sieved egg yolks. This method is used to achieve a crumbly, almost floury texture. Try this pastry and make these fabulous sweets ideal to serve with tea. With these doses, you will get 38 cookies.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Electric Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 434.63 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 50.31 (g) of which sugars 19.81 (g)
- Proteins 7.07 (g)
- Fat 23.76 (g) of which saturated 14.79 (g)of which unsaturated 8.85 (g)
- Fibers 0.64 (g)
- Sodium 98.51 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 90 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
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup butter
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup potato starch
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 3 tbsps apricot jam
- 3 tbsps plum jam
Tools
- Kitchen Scale
- Pastry Board
- Sifter
- Parchment Paper
- Plastic Wrap
- Baking Tray
Steps
Boil the eggs, shell them, remove the whites, and collect the yolks in a bowl. Make a well on the work surface with the flour, potato starch, and sifted powdered sugar. Add the salt and sifted yolks. Add the softened butter cut into pieces. Knead quickly, rubbing the butter and flour between your hands, and form a dough ball. Wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C). Divide the dough into 4 parts, and rolling them on the pastry board, form 4 cylinders. Cut pieces the size of walnuts (0.67 oz) and mold them with your hands to form balls. Gradually place them on the baking tray covered with parchment paper, and with the pressure of a finger, form a small cavity in the center. With a teaspoon, place a little jam in the center of each ball. Bake and cook for 15 minutes. Turn off the oven, let them cool, and serve the Ovis Mollis Cookies on a nice tray.
