Chopped Dough

Chopped dough

Calories, kcal: 304 Protein, g: 6.0 Fat, g: 17.2 Carbohydrates, g: 40.2

The name of the chopped dough speaks for itself, the method of preparing this type of dough cannot be changed, it can only be improved. We will replace the long, wide and sharpest knives of grandmothers and mothers with a modern food processor, the result will be excellent, and we will save time.

Chopped dough is unleavened or sweet, shortbread or flaky (calorizer). How to make sweet from unleavened dough is immediately clear, but shortbread from puff chopped dough differs in that in the first case we add ice water, and in the second - very cold sour cream.

Caloric content of chopped dough

The calorie content of chopped dough is 304 kcal per 100 grams of product.

Composition and useful properties of chopped dough

Depending on the composition, the composition of vitamins and minerals in chopped dough varies, but the main "backbone" is unchanged. It includes: choline, vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6, B9, A, D, E, H and PP, as well as potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper and manganese, iron, chlorine and sulfur, iodine, chromium, fluorine, molybdenum, boron and vanadium, silicon, cobalt, nickel and aluminum, phosphorus and sodium.

Chopped dough recipe

The recipe for chopped dough is simple and straightforward: 200 grams of butter, 400 grams of wheat flour, a little salt and - for shortcrust pastry 6-7 tablespoons of ice water, for puff pastry 3-4 tablespoons of sour cream. The butter and sour cream should be very cold.

With a very sharp knife or in a food processor, quickly chop butter and flour, add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough as quickly as possible so that the pieces of butter are visible and do not have time to melt (calorizator). Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and in the refrigerator for about forty minutes.

By the way, chopped dough will live well in the refrigerator for a couple of days, and even more in the freezer, so you can cook it in advance.

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