Pie with frozen currants from shortbread dough

Black currant in light meringue on crispy dough! A delicious pie with frozen currants from shortbread dough is prepared quickly. This is an open pie with a rich juicy berry filling, which is good to serve with tea or coffee. It can be made for dessert for various holidays throughout the year.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 7 % 4 g
Fats 18 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 75 % 41 g
270 kcal
GI: 12 / 0 / 88

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the products for the cake. Currants can be taken directly frozen, the recipe is designed just for this. But take the oil out of the refrigerator in advance, it should soften. Instead of sugar, you can put powdered sugar in the cake. You can take potato starch, it needs half as much.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Sift flour.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Add baking powder and sugar. Mix it up.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Divide the eggs into whites and yolks.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add the softened butter and yolks to the flour mixture. Using a fork, mix the flour with butter and yolks until crumbs. You can do this with a knife, making chopping movements.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Then knead the dough with your hands. It will gather into a ball quickly enough.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Lightly oil the baking dish. Spread the dough on the bottom and sides. It is very easy to do this, the dough is very soft and elastic. Cut off pieces of the same thickness from the dough and cover the bottom with them, slightly pressing with your fingers. Form the sides in the same way. Put the dough form in the freezer for 20 minutes.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake the cake for 15-20 minutes until light golden brown. Remove the cake from the oven. Do not turn off the oven.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Using a whisk, whisk the whites white.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Add sugar and starch, stir well. Whisk again.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Add berries to the protein mixture. Mix it up.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Put the filling on the slightly cooled cake, spread it evenly with a spatula.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Bake the pie for another 10-15 minutes. The filling should freeze.

The pie turned out very tasty! Despite the fact that the currant is a sour berry, the taste of the pie is rather sweet, with a slight sourness. The meringue was slightly baked and crunched when eating. The dough is crumbly, very successful!
When baking pies with frozen berries, there are some nuances. Do not defrost the berries beforehand. be sure to add a thickener - starch. He will not let the juice from the berries soak the cake. The baking time should be slightly increased so that the frozen berry is fully cooked. It is better to make such pies open.

Even in winter, you can treat yourself to a summer pie! This delicious berry dessert is made from frozen currants. Whipped whites with sugar make the cake sweet and do not let the juice from the berries flow out.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Baking powder - 79   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolks - 352   kcal/100g
  • Egg whites - 44   kcal/100g
  • Corn starch - 329   kcal/100g
  • Black currant - 38   kcal/100g
  • Blackcurrant, freshly frozen - 44   kcal/100g

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