Name: Whole Wheat Shortcrust Pastry with Oil and No Sugar
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (or Tumminia or multi-grain); 1/3 cup sunflower oil; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 cup erythritol; 2 eggs (medium); lemon zest (or 1 packet of vanillin)

Whole Wheat Shortcrust Pastry with Oil and No Sugar.

By hand, with a mixer, and with the Bimby.

This is a basic recipe of dietary Italian pastry.
It represents a light and crumbly pastry made without butter and with whole wheat flour, and with erythritol, so it’s high in fiber and low in fat, but crumbly and tasty, ideal both as a base for tarts and to make delicious whole wheat cookies.

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Cost: Very economical
Rest time: 1 Hour
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 6
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

298.34 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 298.34 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 47.79 (g) of which sugars 1.06 (g)
Proteins 8.23 (g)
Fat 15.88 (g) of which saturated 2.10 (g)of which unsaturated 12.24 (g)
Fibers 4.22 (g)
Sodium 26.63 (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

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2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (or Tumminia or multi-grain)
1/3 cup sunflower oil
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup erythritol
2 eggs (medium)
lemon zest (or 1 packet of vanillin)

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Tools

1 Bowl
1 Pastry board

Steps

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Preparation
To prepare the Whole Wheat Shortcrust Pastry with Oil and No Sugar, you can work by hand or use a mixer or stand mixer with the hook, or even the Bimby.
In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder and a pinch of salt and set aside.
In another bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer or mixer, beat the eggs with the erythritol and the grated lemon zest or vanillin depending on what you want to use.
Add the oil to the beaten eggs in a stream and continue mixing.
Then it’s the turn of the whole wheat flour with the baking powder and salt, and mix little by little
If working by hand, first mix the ingredients in a bowl with the help of a whisk,
Gradually.
then transfer everything onto the pastry board and continue kneading by hand
until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough.
If you used the mixer or stand mixer, attach the hook,
and when all the ingredients are well mixed and detach from the bowl walls, transfer the dough to the work surface and compact the dough.
With the Bimby
Put all the ingredients together in the bowl, and set it to knead for 4 mins.
Then place the dough on the work surface and compact it with your hands.
For all preparations: You will know the dough is ready when pressing with a finger does not stick to the dough.
Once you have the dough, wrap the shortcrust pastry in cling film and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before using it for cookies or tart bases.
You can make cookies,
Or tarts