What else should be put in shortbread besides shortbread? What ingredients should be put in shortbread?

We all know that shortbread is a popular snack. It tastes crispy and delicious, and is very popular among people. Some people make shortbread at home. When making shortbread, you should pay attention to the ingredients and condiments. So what else should be put in shortbread besides shortbread? Let's take a closer look!

What else should be put in shortbread besides shortbread?

The puff pastry can be made a little simpler or more complicated. In addition to the puff pastry, you can add fillings in the middle. If you don’t put fillings, you can add salt and pepper powder. If you want to make it sweet, you can add sugar. In addition, you can make a water-oil skin to make it more complicated.

Second sister thinks that there are many kinds of ingredients that can be added to the pancake. For example, the authentic pancake method requires a water-oil skin, which is a more comprehensive and delicious method. However, Second sister thinks that the method of making pancakes can be changed. Second sister usually adds more salt and pepper to pancakes. The pancakes made in this way have a little salt and pepper taste and are not too greasy when eaten. Another way is to add stuffing to the pancake. Generally, adding salty stuffing will neutralize the greasy feeling. Of course, salt and pepper can also be added to the pancake with stuffing. In addition, sugar can be added to the pancake, and making delicious sugar pancakes is also a very delicious method. Then Second sister will tell you how to make pancakes more delicious.

What are puff pastry usually made of?

Although shortbread looks simple to eat, its production process is a little complicated. In addition to shortbread, shortbread also requires water, oil, dough and fillings. Its ingredients are actually very simple, but the production procedures are a little more involved. Let's take a look.

Fried pastry is a traditional local snack in Shaanxi. Its characteristics are golden color, oily but not greasy, crispy but not broken, fragrant and delicious. It was first created in the Tang Dynasty and has a long history. We know that the pasta in Shaanxi is very famous. Fried pastry can be known as "the first point in Western Qin", which shows that it is extraordinary.

Fried pastry is mainly made of flour, cooking oil and fillings. There are many types of fillings, but sweet fillings are usually the main ones, such as peanut filling, red bean paste filling, five-nut filling, shallot filling, etc. These fillings can be made by yourself or bought ready-made.

There are different ways to make puff pastry, both fermented and unfermented. It needs to go through four steps: making puff pastry, kneading dough, making puff pastry, and frying and baking. Pay attention to the last step, which can be fried or baked. In fact, frying was mostly used in the beginning, but with the popularity of ovens, many people prefer to bake in ovens.

In fact, there are different ways to make shortcrust pastry, with different fillings, sizes, thicknesses, and methods of making shortcrust pastry. Here I will introduce one method: first make shortcrust pastry and water-oil skin, then mix the water-oil skin and shortcrust pastry, then make the pastry, and then bake it in the oven. To make shortcrust pastry and water-oil skin, you need to use two kinds of flour with different gluten properties: low-gluten flour and medium-gluten flour. After multiple layers, it forms a "thousand-layer shortcrust pastry" with a crispy texture and a crumbly texture.

How to make puff pastry

1. Raw materials

500g flour, 50g peanut oil, 10g salt, 10 peppercorns, 1 star anise, 2g yeast powder, 10g white sesame seeds

2. Methods and Steps

1. Add yeast powder and salt to the flour and knead with warm water. After the dough is kneaded, cover the pot or wrap it with plastic wrap and let it rise for 30 minutes.

2. Add oil to a wok and heat it. Add peppercorns and star anise and stir-fry, then remove from the wok.

3. Add appropriate amount of dry flour, five-spice powder and salt to the hot oil, stir and fry over low heat until cooked. This is the crispy dough and pour into a container.

4. Knead the proofed dough, cut it into small pieces of equal size, roll them into round cakes, spread a layer of pastry on them, sprinkle some white sesame seeds on them, roll them up and flatten them, then roll them into round cakes again.

5. Grease the electric baking pan, put the round cake in, and fry until both sides are golden brown before removing from the pan.

Note:

If you want it spicy, you can add chili powder to the fried shortcrust pastry; if you want it sweet, you can add an appropriate amount of white sugar when kneading the dough, or add an appropriate amount of white sugar to the fried shortcrust pastry.