Sponge Pastry; Shortcrust Pastry - Silvercrest SKM 550 A1 Recipe Book

Sponge pastry

Ingredients:
3 Eggs
3 - 4 tbsp Water, hot
150 g Sugar
1 pkt of Vanilla sugar
100 g Flour of type 405
100 g Corn starch
2-3 levelled tsp of Baking powder
Preparation:
• Line the bottom of a springform pan (diameter:
28 cm) with baking paper.
• Do not grease the edge, as the surface will then
not be evenly smooth and browned..
• Whisk the whole eggs in the mixing bowl and
add the hot water.
• Then beat the mixture at the highest level with
the whisk for about 1 minute until fluffy.
• Stir in the sugar and vanilla sugar and beat the
mixture for a further two minutes at the highest le-
vel.
• Mix the flour, cornstarch and baking powder
together and sift half of it onto the creamed eggs,
then briefly stir everything at Level 1.
• Then stir in the remaining flour in the same way
and fill the pastry into the prepared springform.
• Bake it at once.
Oven:
Shelf height: 2
Heating: E: Upper and lower heat
175 - 200°
G: Mark 2 - 3
(preheat for 5 minutes)
Baking time: 20 - 30 minutes

Shortcrust pastry

Ingredients:
250 g Wheat flour
1/2 levelled tsp of Baking powder
100 - 125 g Sugar
1 Packet of Vanilla sugar
1 pinch Salt
1 Egg
125 g Butter
Preparation:
• Mix the flour and baking powder in the mixing
bowl and then add all of the other ingredients.
• Knead everything with the kneading hook first
for about 1 minute at level 1, then for about
3 minutes at level 2 - 3.
• Do not knead the pastry for too long, the pastry
could otherwise be too soft.
• Let the pastry rest in the refrigerator for half an
hour and then process it into a pie crust or small
pastries.
• For a pie shell, roll out 2/3 of the pastry and
place it in a greased springform.
• Roll the remaining pastry into a roll.
• Place this roll as a boundary on the pastry and
press it with two fingers on the edge so that an
about 3 cm edge is created.
• Pierce the pie crust several times with a fork and
then place it in the oven.
Oven:
Shelf height:
Heating:
Baking time:
- 8 -
3
E: Upper and lower heat
200 - 225°
(preheat for 5 minutes)
G: Mark 3 - 4
15 - 20 minutes