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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Last modified on: July 4th 2018
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust pastry
Put into a mixer bowl: 619.2 ml butter cut into small pieces, 405 ml icing sugar and 8.4 ml 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
Add 150 ml egg and mix again.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Chocolate sweetcrust pastry
Finish by adding 1 litre 404 ml flour and 75 mls 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
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 recipe120 RDI=50 %1,100 RDI=100 %540 RDI=80 %9,790 RDI=490 %41,000 RDI: 490 %
Per 100 g5 RDI=2 %50 RDI=5 %30 RDI=4 %460 RDI=20 %1,920 RDI: 20 %
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 Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, egg, Gluten
How much will it cost?
  • For 2 kg 100 g : 7.55 €

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