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).
Chocolate aficionados will enjoy using this in all sorts of recipes that call for sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée).
64 K 1/5 (1 reviews)
20 min.
Easy
700 g
6 IngredientsLast modified on: July 4th 2018
For 700 g, you will need:
- 1
200 g butter - 2
135 g icing sugar - 3
2 g fine (or table) salt - 4
50 g egg ( How to... ) - 5
300 g flour - 6
25 g powdered cocoa - Total weight: 715 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
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).
Mix together on slow speed until evenly mixed (pastry cooks say "to cream", as the consistency becomes like a cream).
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Add 50 g egg and mix again.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
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.
Stop the mixer as soon as the dough is ready; it is important not to over-knead it.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
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.
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 recipe | 40 RDI=20 % | 370 RDI=40 % | 180 RDI=30 % | 3,260 RDI=160 % | 13,670 RDI: 160 % |
| Per 100 g | 5 RDI=2 % | 50 RDI=5 % | 30 RDI=4 % | 460 RDI=20 % | 1,920 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 700 g : 2.55 €
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