Pastry with buttercream
Description
It goes perfectly with tea and coffee. The “Little Baskets” pastries are very easy to make, and summer is the best time for this idea. Nothing sets off these pastries like fresh berries. Follow the step-by-step recipe and treat your loved ones to delicious summer pastries. The baking is done. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Place the flour, baking powder, salt, powdered sugar (70 grams), and cold butter cut into cubes (90 grams) in the mixer bowl. Process everything until you have fine crumbs.
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Step 3
Beat the egg into the dough and mix. Do not knead the dough for long, or it will overheat.
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Step 4
Roll the dough into a thin sheet (3–4 mm) between two sheets of parchment paper. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours to set.
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Step 5
Cut circles out of the dough and place them in the molds. To make the finished tart shells easy to remove, grease the molds with butter and dust them lightly with flour.
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Step 6
Prick the bottoms of the tart shells with a fork and place them in the freezer for 30 minutes.
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Step 7
Bake the tart shells at 160°C for about 20 minutes until golden. Watch the baking during the first 5 minutes. If the bottoms of the tart shells start to puff up, gently press them down with a fork.
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Step 8
To make buttercream, first beat room-temperature butter until light and fluffy. Then gradually add sifted icing sugar and vanilla sugar. Whip until smooth.
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Step 9
You can leave the cream white, or you can add food coloring or cocoa and whip it with them.
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Step 10
Place a teaspoon of jam or confiture in the bottom of each basket.
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Step 11
Using a pastry bag, pipe buttercream onto the tartlet shells.
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Step 12
Garnish the tartlets with any fresh berries and mint leaves.
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Step 13
The pastry turned out very tasty and festive—a real table decoration.