Trust me, ready-made shortcrust pastry can be used for a huge variety of recipes beyond the delicacy itself. So if laziness has struck you or haste has left you little time to cook, you can’t miss the delicious dishes in the Kitchen Guide! Discover 5 recipes with easy and tasty shortcrust pastry, choose your favorite and prepare it today:
5 recipes with shortcrust pastry easy to try at home
Rondelli With Pasta Batter
Weather: 1 hour
Performance: 5 portions
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 roll of shortcrust pastry (500 g)
- 300 g of sliced ham
- 300 g of sliced provolone
- olive oil for greasing
- Grated Parmesan for dusting
Sauce
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 3 chopped tomatoes
- 2 cans of tomato sauce (340 g each)
- salt to taste
Method of preparation
For the sauce, heat a frying pan with olive oil over medium heat and saute the onion and garlic until golden brown. Add the tomato and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the sauce, season with salt and cook over low heat for 3 minutes. Turn off and reserve. Roll out the pastry and cut into rectangles. Divide the ham and provola between the rectangles of dough and roll them up like rolls. Cut into thick slices and place in a greased refractory. Drizzle with the sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan and bake in a preheated medium oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve, as desired, sprinkled with oregano.
shortcrust pastry cake
Weather: 50 minutes
Performance: 4 portions
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- olive oil for greasing
- 1/2 roll of shortcrust pastry (250 g)
- 1 egg yolk for brushing
Filling
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 chopped seedless tomato
- 400 g of minced meat
- 1/2 cup chopped green olives
- Salt, black pepper and chopped parsley to taste
- 1 cup mozzarella (diced)
Method of preparation
For the filling, in a skillet over medium heat, heat the oil. Saute the onion and garlic for 3 minutes. Add the tomato, minced meat and saute until dry. Add the olives, season with salt, pepper, green perfume and cook for another 2 minutes. Turn off and leave to cool. Add the mozzarella and reserve.
Line the bottom and sides of a greased medium square refractory with the shortcrust pastry and spread the filling over it. Cut the pastry into strips and cover the cake by weaving the strips. Brush with the beaten egg yolk and bake in a medium oven (180ºC), preheated, for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately.
Lasagna bolognese with shortcrust pastry
Weather: 1 hour
Performance: 6 portions
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1 cup bacon (diced)
- 1 chopped onion
- 4 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- 300 g of minced meat
- 1 can of diced peeled tomatoes
- 1/2 cup (tea) of water
- Salt, black pepper and oregano to taste
- 500 g of shortcrust pastry
- 300 g of sliced mozzarella
- Grated Parmesan and diced fried bacon for sprinkling
white sauce
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 grated onion
- 2 tablespoons of wheat flour
- 2 cups of milk (tea)
- 1/2 cup cream (milk)
- Salt and grated nutmeg to taste
Method of preparation
Take a pan over medium heat with the bacon and brown it in its own fat until golden brown. Collect the onion, garlic, bay leaf and saute for 3 minutes. Add the beef stock and saute for 2 minutes.
Take out the meat and saute for 4 minutes or until browned. Add the tomatoes, water, salt, pepper, oregano and cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Reserve. Place a pan over medium heat with the butter and saute the onion for 3 minutes.
Sprinkle with flour and fry for 2 minutes. Add the milk, a little at a time, stirring until thickened. Add the milk cream, salt, nutmeg and switch off.
In a medium refractory, spread a little ragù and, on top, interlayer layers of shortcrust pastry, ragù, pasta, mozzarella and béchamel, finishing with béchamel.
Sprinkle with the Parmesan, top with the pancetta and bring to a medium, preheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and serve.
Dough roll for pastels
Weather: 50min (+6h rest)
Performance: 5 portions
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 1/2 roll of shortcrust pastry (250 g)
- Oil for greasing
- cheese plate for sprinkling
Filling
- 1 1/2 cups grated cheese (tea)
- 1 and 1/2 cups of grated mortadella
- 2 chopped seedless tomatoes
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 cup of chopped green olives
- oregano to taste
Method of preparation
In a bowl mix all the ingredients for the filling and set aside. Open the pastry and spread the filling over it. Roll up like a rocambole and put it in a large greased form. Sprinkle with the cheese and bake in a preheated medium oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Pick up and serve later.
Meat pie with shortcrust pastry
Weather: 35 minutes
Performance: 8 portions
Difficulty: easy
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 500 g of minced meat
- 1/2 yellow pepper chopped
- 2 chopped tomatoes
- 2 hard-boiled and chopped eggs
- Salt and chopped parsley to taste
- 1/2 roll of shortcrust pastry (250 g)
- olive oil for greasing
- 1 egg yolk for brushing
Method of preparation
Heat a frying pan with olive oil over medium heat and sauté the onion and garlic. Add the meat, the pepper and saute for 5 minutes. Add the tomato and sauté for 3 minutes. Mix the eggs, salt, parsley and leave to cool. Line the bottom and sides of a 24cm diameter removable springform pan greased with part of the batter. Spread the filling and, over it, weave the strips of the remaining dough. Brush with egg yolk and bake in a preheated medium oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Develop tepid and serve.
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