I had a lightbulb second whereas making pastry the opposite day. “Malfatti!” I shouted, remembering the Italian dumplings made with spinach and ricotta. Malfatti interprets to “poorly made”, and isn’t only a recipe however a precept that may be utilized to pasta and pastry alike, in that misshapen offcuts will be repurposed for each. Whether or not you're making your personal or utilizing ready-made pastry, you'll probably have offcuts from trimming, and people leftovers are basically a brand new pastry base able to roll out and bake into deliciously easy home made biscuits. And if in case you have sufficient pastry to make an entire different tart or pie, the most suitable choice is to freeze it, both in a ball able to roll or pre-rolled and set right into a tart case, able to bake.
‘Malfatti’ biscuits
Fairly than throw your pastry trimmings within the compost, remodel it into these scrumptious biscuits, topped with any mixture of candy or savoury elements you fancy. I counsel spices, nuts and different store-cupboard elements that want utilizing up.
Extra pastry
Non-compulsory toppings – flaky salt, grated cheese, seeds, nuts, spices, unrefined sugar, chocolate chips
In case your offcuts are already rolled out, then there’s no have to re-roll them. Lay a patchwork of the pastry on a baking tray, with out overlapping. When you have a ball of extra pastry, roll it right into a 5-10mm-thick sheet and lay on a baking tray.
Subsequent, select your toppings. Go candy with a mix of elements comparable to unrefined sugar, crushed nuts and chocolate chips, or go savoury with sea salt, crushed spices, seeds and grated cheese, all added to style.
Warmth the oven to 190C (180C fan)/390F/fuel 6. Run a rolling pin over the toppings to embed them into the pastry, then bake for 20 minutes, or till golden brown. As soon as cool, break into massive, biscuit-sized shards. When you’ve made savoury biscuits, I like to recommend serving them with cheese and dips.
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