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Scope della Befana shortcrust pastry biscuits – Gordon Ramsay’s version

The scope della Befana – shortbread biscuits they are lovely simple and very scenic sweets, ideal for celebrating Epiphany.

In practice they are gods simple shortcrust biscuits which are given the shape of a broom and decorated with melted chocolate and colored sugar tails.

The brooms of the Befana they are ideal for enriching the Befana stocking with sweets made with your hands and that will leave your children speechless.

Just a little shortcrust pastry, melted chocolate (dark or milk) and sticks like mikado sticks.

With a little imagination, your biscuit sweeps are ready to go!

Follow the various steps of the recipe to find out how to turn simple shortbread biscuits into real brooms.

The scope della Befana – shortbread biscuits

To give your biscuits the shape of a broom, you can use a bell-shaped mold, to which you will have to cut the part of the "clapper" that protrudes. Then with the tines of a fork cut underneath the wide part so as to simulate a real broom.

With a long and wide toothpick create a hole where you will then insert the chocolate stick. This phase is the most delicate because the stick could break easily. Insert it gently!

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stuffed brisee, puff pastry or savory shortcrust pastry (Savory pastries) – Gordon Ramsay’s version

THE Savory baskets I'm a starter or aperitif gluttonous, delicious And chic! Of the salty pastries, made with a shell from pasta brisee , browse or salted shortbread then stuffed with mousse from various tastes: to the Ham, at the mortadella, ricotta cheese and herbs, pesto And Cherry tomatoes, tuna fish And olives and with addition of dried fruit and much more! Imagine them crumbly outside, give her different textures inside from creamy to crunchy depending on the ingredients! A real gluttony!

The recipe was born by chance, by now you all know my great passion for the Aperitif, every occasion is good to invent new treats that enrich this section! In this case I have chosen to make some delicious ones salty pastries.

It's about a very easy preparation And versatile! For the base I chose rustic shortcrust pastry, which is prepared in a very short time! but nothing prevents you from preparing the baskets of puff pastry for speed up further the preparation; or opt for the classic shortcrust pastry, which you can also prepare with oil; or the Crazy Pasta Vegan. A once the shells are made, you can realize the fillings of your choice! In the ingredients you will find many solutions.

Perfect like finger food, to serve as starter, apericene, buffet. They can't miss for birthday parties, party and of course Christmas e New Year's together with the classic salmon canapes, pretzels, puff pastry rolls! Try them soon they will literally be snapped up!

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PREPARATION TIMES

Preparation	Cooking	Total
40 minutes	12 minutes	52 minutes

Ingrediants

Quantity for 6 people
For the savory shortcrust pastry 300 – 310 grams of flour '00 150 gr of soft butter 50 grams of parmesan (or parmesan) 2 egg yolks 1 whole egg 1 pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon of yeast for quiches For the mousse various flavors: 350 gr of drained ricotta 2 tablespoons of pesto 4 slices of cooked ham (or mortadella or smoked salmon) 50 grams of drained tuna chopped aromatic herbs (sage, parsley, rosemary, lemon thyme) black olives (to heal) small cherry tomatoes (for garnish)

Quantity for 6 people

For the savory shortcrust pastry

300 – 310 grams of flour '00
150 gr of soft butter
50 grams of parmesan (or parmesan)
2 egg yolks
1 whole egg
1 pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon of yeast for quiches

For the mousse various flavors:

350 gr of drained ricotta
2 tablespoons of pesto
4 slices of cooked ham (or mortadella or smoked salmon)
50 grams of drained tuna
chopped aromatic herbs (sage, parsley, rosemary, lemon thyme)
black olives (to heal)
small cherry tomatoes (for garnish)

Delicious variations to fill savory pastries

You can fill the baskets with various types of mousses, even those already bought. Patè of olives, Guacamole and salmon smoked, Tuna and mayonnaise, stracchino and herbs, spreadable cheese of any kind.

If you don't have the Stencils?

You can use baking cups or chocolate molds just like the method used in fruit baskets with cream

Method

How to make savory baskets

First of all, prepare the dough, following the instructions found in the article: Savory shortcrust pastry

Then place in the fridge for 30 minutes, roll out to a thickness of 4 mm and line the previously greased and floured molds.

Prick the center with a fork:

Finally, bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° for about 15 minutes until they brown on the surface.

Meanwhile, prepare the mousse various flavors.

Divide the perfectly drained ricotta in a cloth into 4 equal parts.

In one part add the pesto. If necessary, add 1 tablespoon more.

In another part, blend together with the cooked ham

Then blend another part together with the tuna

Mix the last part with the finely chopped aromatic herbs:

Finally, keep the mousses in the fridge until use.

Remove the baskets from the oven, remove them from the molds, let them cool perfectly. Stuff the various shells with the different mousses.

Then I used classic flower sac a poche for the tuna mousse (one part I decorated with olives)

for the others I used the Wilton 1A smooth and wide nozzle and decorated the pesto mousse with cherry tomatoes.

Once ready, you can keep them in the fridge until ready to serve!

here are the Savory baskets in all their glory!

Keep the salty baskets

In the fridge for about 2 days. Alternatively, you can make the shells and keep them closed in plastic food bags for up to 10 days before stuffing them.

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The shortcrust pastry of Santa Lucia – Gordon Ramsay’s version

The shortcrust pastry of Santa Lucia they are delicious butter biscuits that are prepared on the occasion of the feast of Saint Lucia, for December 13, especially in northern Italy.

The cult of the saint in fact it is celebrated in many parts of Italy, mostly in Syracuse, the city where he was born and lived.

But it is also very popular in the city of Verona, where on the occasion of this festival every year a great fair is organized, the so-called "Bancheti de Santa Lussia".

Here you can buy typical handicraft products, toys and sweets of all kinds.

Among the typical sweets, you can find the "Mandorlato" (variant of nougat) and the very good "Shortcrust pastry of Santa Lucia“, Made in different Christmas shapes.

These treats are prepared by families for the night of December 12th to be left to the saint who visits the homes of good children bringing gifts and sweets on the back of a donkey.

But they must be careful not to stay up late, to close their eyes well and to sleep, because the Saint does not want to be seen.

Let's immediately see the recipe for these fragrant butter shortbread biscuits.

To prepare the Frolle di Santa Lucia you will need some cookie molds of various sizes and shapes:

A planetary for a perfect dough:

Panini di Santa Lucia (Lussekatter)