Pasta Frolla Recipe (Italian Sweet Shortcrust Pastry)

Name: Pasta Frolla Recipe (Italian Sweet Shortcrust Pastry)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 250 g Italian "00" flour (- about 2 cups); 100 g granulated sugar (- ½ cup); 120 g cold unsalted butter (- about 1 stick, cut into small pieces); 1 medium egg (- at room temperature); 1 egg yolk (- at room temperature); 1 pinch salt; ½ lemon zest (- optional)

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Pasta frolla is a classic Italian sweet shortcrust pastry made with flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and lemon zest. It's the foundation for tarts, cookies, and traditional Italian desserts.

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Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

250 gItalian "00" flour — 2 cup
100 ggranulated sugar — ½ cup
120 gcold unsalted butter — cut into small pieces, 1 stick
1medium egg — at room temperature
1egg yolk — at room temperature
1 pinchsalt
½lemon zest — zested, optional

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Nutrition uses 8 ordinary servings for this batch; the source listed 1.

Method

1h 15m total

Read the method on Recipes from ItalyBarbara Felicità Lucchini’s original page

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 57mg
Calcium: 16mg
Iron: 0.49mg

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