Shortcake with jam - budget, tender, quick

Kitchen appliances: oven with temperature control.

Kitchenware:

• deep bowl for dough;
• whisk;
• fork;
• sieve;
• knife;
• figured knife for the test;
• rolling pin;
• detachable baking dish with a diameter of 20-22 centimeters;
• spoon;
• pastry brush.

Ingredients

Step cooking

Prepare the dough:

1. In a deep bowl, beat 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk, add 100 g of sugar, mix with a whisk. Do not throw out the protein of the second egg, it will come in handy.
   
2. Pour 180 g of soft butter into the egg mass and mix. For convenience, you can pre-mash the butter with a fork, so it will be much easier for you to mix it with the egg mass.
   
3. Sift 360-370 g of flour to the eggs and oil, add 4-5 g of baking powder. Knead the dough, roll a roller out of it and divide into two unequal parts: 70% will go to the formation of the base of the cake, 30% - to decorate it.
   

Let's make a pie:

1. Roll out most of the dough with a rolling pin. You should get a circle with a diameter slightly larger than your baking dish.
   
2. Put the dough on the bottom of the split shape, with your hands form low sides along its walls.
   
3. Lay 250 g of apricot jam on the base, evenly distributing it throughout the cake.
   
4. Roll out the remaining dough with a thin layer, and use a curly dough knife to divide into strips. You can use a regular dough knife, but then the cake will not look so openwork.
   
5. Put the strips on top of the jam, sticking them to the sides of the pie. It should turn out a beautiful net.
   
6. Lubricate the sides and the grid on the cake with the remaining protein of 1 egg using a pastry brush. Put the mold in the oven, heated to 190 ° C for 20-25 minutes.
   
7. Sprinkle the finished cake with icing sugar for decoration.
   

Cutting such pastries is best when it cools down a bit and the jam thickens a little. You can serve a little warm or cold - this cake will be delicious in any form, even on the second day after cooking. Enjoy your meal!

Video recipe

This video demonstrates all the stages of creating a shortcake with jam. See how simple it is, and you will definitely succeed in repeating this masterpiece in your kitchen!

So you have prepared a delicious aromatic shortcake with jam. This recipe is suitable even for novice housewives. The simplicity of making shortcrust pastry is the minimum of ingredients, and anyone can knead such a dough. And the filling is ready - you just open a jar of your favorite jam, not necessarily apricot.

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