Crust for tea
Under this strange name there's a delicious cake in crusty sweet pastry, filled with a smooth almond mixture and icing sugar on top. It's an excellent cake for tea time, but it goes very well with fruit salad for example.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 1 Crust for tea, you will need:
- 1
200 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
100 g icing sugar - 3
100 g ground almonds - 4
2 egg whites - 5
3 drops food colouring (optional) - Total weight: 460 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 31 min. | 30 min. | 1 hour 1 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
10 min.
Roll out 200 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) into a long rectangle, not too thin (you should have a nice crust after cooking), a little bigger than your cake tin or mould.Stage 2
10 min.
Line mould: not easy, so don't be worry if it breaks up into pieces like in the photo...The advantage of sweet crust pastry is that you can easily patch it up with offcuts.
Stage 3
3 min.
Your goal is to get an even regular base with sides about 1 inch or 2-3 cm high.Then put in the fridge.
Preheat oven to 360°F (180°C).
Stage 4
3 min.
Meanwhile, mix 100 g Stage 5
5 min.
Then add 2 egg whites, 3 drops food colouring (green) if desired, and mix with soft spatula or wooden spatula until obtain a soft mix.Because egg whites can differ in volume or weight, I advise you to add 1 first and mix, and then add remaining egg white in stages until getting the required soft texture.
Stage 6
30 min.
Spread mixture in pastry case and bake for about 30 minutes.Stage 7
Allow to cool on a rack, then sprinkle with ice sugar.Serve in fairly thin slices.
Remarks
It's best to allow the cake to cool in the tin, and then turn out and leave on a rack until cold.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 1 Crust for tea : 3.47 €
And to drink?: A tea of course, and you will probably note that when it's cold or windy outside, this cake and the accompanying tea are even better in the warm inside.
Source: Home made.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to bake blind a pastry cake , Exotic fruit tart, Pear and lime meringue pie, Little lime tarts, Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie, ... All |
| Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little Christmas biscuits, Saint Honoré cake, Finger biscuits, Toasted almond cake, Coconut tuiles, ... All |
| Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mirlitons, Almond dacquoise, Arlesian Biscuits, Fruit crumble, Moist cereal bars, ... All |
| Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed prunes, Butter cream, Almond tuiles, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), Almond dacquoise, ... All |
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