Shortbread

An adequate paste

Recipe

• For 6 people
• Preparation 15 minutes
• Rest of the dough 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 vanilla bean
• 50 g caster sugar
• 125 g flour
• 50 g soft butter
• 1 whole egg

Preparation

1. Open the vanilla bean in half and then scrape out the beans from the bean.
2. Mix the vanilla beans with the sugar in a bowl.
3. Sift the flour directly over the worktop.
4. Cut the butter into small pieces and work it with your fingertips with the flour until the mixture is sandy and there are no more pieces of butter left.
5. Dig a well in the sandblasting obtained.
6. Break an egg and pour it into the well with the vanilla-flavoured sugar.
7. Mix all the ingredients with your fingertips, without kneading too much of the dough obtained.
8. Crush the dough so that it is homogeneous and then roll it into a ball.
9. Finally wrap the dough in cling film and leave it to rest for at least 30 minutes.

Council

Preheat the dough before incorporating the filling.