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Chocolate sweetcrust pastry

Chocolate sweetcrust pastry
This simplified sweetcrust pastry gets its chocolate flavour simply from cocoa powder, added towards the end of kneading.

Chocolate aficionados will enjoy using this in all sorts of recipes that call for sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée).
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duree20 min. difficultéEasy prix2.55 € pour combien700 g ingredients6 Ingredients
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Last modified on: July 4th 2018
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Preparation: 20 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust pastry : Stage 1
Put into a mixer bowl: 200 g butter cut into small pieces, 135 g icing sugar and 2 g fine (or table) salt.

Mix together on slow speed until evenly mixed (pastry cooks say "to cream", as the consistency becomes like a cream).
Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust pastry : Stage 2
Add 50 g egg and mix again.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust pastry : Stage 3
Finish by adding 300 g flour and 25 g powdered cocoa all at once, then knead for a few seconds until evenly mixed.

Stop the mixer as soon as the dough is ready; it is important not to over-knead it.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust pastry : Stage 4
Weigh out the dough into pieces of 10-12 ounces (250-300 grams). Shape into balls, then flatten into "cakes" and wrap in plastic film.

Refrigerate until needed or freeze for later.
Remarks
You can use this as the base for simple chocolate biscuits: make them more indulgent by adding chocolate chips to the dough at the end of kneading.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe39 RDI=61 %367 RDI=139 %181 RDI=249 %3,264 RDI=163 %13,667 RDI: 163 %
Per 100 g5 RDI=9 %51 RDI=19 %25 RDI=35 %458 RDI=23 %1,919 RDI: 23 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Gluten
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  • For 700 g : 2.55 €

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