Another shortcrust pastry, this was called "universal" by the master Iginio Massari because you can prepare practically everything, from pies with jam, to shortcrust pastry bases in white, to be filled with cream and fruit. You can make excellent tartlets and dessert biscuits.
Time of realization: 40 minutes + 2 hours rest
Degree of difficulty (1 to 5): 2
Ingredients
500 g of 00 flour
250 g of butter
250 g of sugar
150 g of 3 medium eggs, but a good rule of thumb is to weigh
3 g salt
1 vanilla bean
½ zest of lemon
3 g salt
5 g of baking powder optional
400 g of strawberry jam
Procedure for making the classic tart with Massari universal shortcrust pastry
Combine the butter, which we have removed from the fridge 10 minutes before starting, and the sugar in the bowl of the planetary mixer and work with the leaf, without whipping. Add the eggs one by one as soon as they are absorbed, add the salt and herbs. Pour in the flour and work only for the time necessary to mix all the ingredients to create a smooth pastry. Be careful not to overheat the pastry.
With Thermomix
Put cold butter and sugar in the jug for 20 sec. Speed 4, with the blades moving, add the eggs as they are inserted. Add the flour, salt and spices 90 sec vel ear. Take and compact the dough.
Collect the dough, compact, seal and place in the fridge for a few hours. Spread between two sheets of lightly floured parchment paper to a thickness of 8 mm, create the base and the grid, fill with the jam. Bake in a static oven at 180 ° C. For the use of the grid it is better to see tutorials on youtube because it is not very intuitive to understand.
The recipe was made by Antonella Audino.