Wholemeal shortcrust pastry without butter: the recipe step by step

How to prepare a variant of shortcrust pastry, without butter and with wholemeal flour

How to prepare a variant of the shortcrust pastry, without butter and with wholemeal flour

La wholemeal shortcrust pastry without butter it is an excellent alternative to the classic shortcrust pastry recipe, lighter and still perfect for preparing tarts and biscuits. The absence of butter among its ingredients makes this preparation suitable even for those who have food allergies or intolerances to milk and derivatives.

To prepare the wholemeal shortcrust pastry without butter simply combine the ingredients in a bowl and mix them together to form a very compact dough. Since there is no butter, the rest time for this variant of shortcrust pastry is not mandatory, but you can of course also prepare it in advance and then keep it in the refrigerator until you are ready to use it.

You can enrich the recipe to your liking flavoring the shortcrust pastry: you can add, for example, some organic lemon peel or i seeds of a vanilla bean.

Index

Ingredients for wholemeal puff pastry

300 gr of whole wheat flour
2 eggs (117 gr shelled)
100 gr of brown sugar
80 grams of sunflower oil
6 gr of bicarbonate
1 pinch of salt

Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking time:
20 minutes
Rest time:
-
Dose:
for 4 people
difficulty:
low

How to prepare wholemeal shortcrust pastry without butter:

Unire flour and sugar in a large bowl,
add also eggs, a pinch of salt, oil and possibly the aromas,

iniziare knead with a spatula, and then with your hands until the ingredients compact,
to merge finally the bicarbonate

and continue to work making it absorb into the mixture.
Wrap now the stick of wholemeal shortcrust pastry without butter and put it in the refrigerator until ready to use it.