Makes a tart or pie to serve 6-8, or about 20 tartlets/cookies/pastries
4 cups organic semolina
1 ½ cups confectioners (powdered) sugar
1 ¼ cups butter
1 pinch of salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
grated zest of 1 lemon
Sift the semolina and the confectioners sugar together, into a large bowl.
Add the butter and rub with your fingers until everything is well-combined, and the mixture is crumbly.
Add the salt, baking powder, eggs, and lemon zest and mix together well.
Place this dough on a lightly floured work surface and knead it quickly until smooth. Do not overwork the pastry or it will become tough.
Wrap it in plastic wrap and leave it to relax it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. Use for any sweet pie, tart, tartlet, even cookies, or anywhere you would use a sweet shortcrust pastry.
Short crust pastry made with organic semolina flour has a lovely crumbly texture, and is especially tasty. Semolina gives the pastry a rustic flavor, indeed, it gives your crust the same importance as your filling.
Ideal for preparing pies, cookies, tarts and other baked goods, it is based on semolina, fat (butter or lard) and eggs, with added aromatics such as vanilla or citrus peel. requires just a few ingredients: semolina, salt, butter or lard and eggs. For sweet crusts, sugar and aromatics such as vanilla or citrus zest, usually orange or lemon, are often added.