Costra de Azúcar
also called costra de azucar · costra · concha topping · tapa de concha · sugar paste topping · cookie lid
- Panadería
- serves 16
- recipe says 20 min
- Pastry & Doughs
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The table
| 1/3 cup(65 g)vegetable shortening | cream the fats and sugar | work in the flour to a stiff paste | stir in the vanilla, then divide and tint |
| 1/4 cup(55 g)softened unsalted butter | |||
| 1 1/4 cups(150 g)powdered sugar | |||
| 1 1/4 cups(150 g)all-purpose flour | |||
| 1 tsp(5 mL)vanilla extract | |||
| 1 Tbs(6 g)cocoa powder | |||
| 4 dropspink gel food colouring | |||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.7 things to get out.
1cream the fats and sugar
2work in the flour to a stiff paste
goes in with what step 1 made
3stir in the vanilla, then divide and tint
goes in with what step 2 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
Not one of its 3 steps is timed.
cream the fats and sugar
not timedfrom the start
work in the flour to a stiff paste
not timedfrom the start
stir in the vanilla, then divide and tint
not timedfrom the start
- never timed
Goes with
See how it is written
>> title: Costra de Azúcar
>> category: Pastry & Doughs
>> tags: topping, mexican, sugar, paste, make-ahead
>> counters: Panadería
>> aka: costra de azucar, costra, concha topping, tapa de concha, sugar paste topping, cookie lid
>> pairs-with: conchas, bigotes-de-pina
>> servings: 16
>> time: 20 min
>> step: cream the fats and sugar
Cream @vegetable shortening{1/3%cup}(65 g) and @softened unsalted butter{1/4%cup}(55 g) with @powdered sugar{1 1/4%cup}(150 g) until pale.
>> step: work in the flour to a stiff paste
Work @all-purpose flour{1 1/4%cup}(150 g) into @&(~1)creamed fat{} until it comes together as a stiff, rollable paste, about the feel of marzipan.
>> step: stir in the vanilla, then divide and tint
Stir @vanilla extract{1%tsp}(5 mL) through @&(~1)paste{}, then divide it in three: leave one plain, knead @cocoa powder{1%Tbs}(6 g) into the second and @pink gel food colouring{4%drops} into the third.