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Shortcrust chocolate stars from Christa

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 195 g sugar
  • 375 g butter
  • 560 g flour
  • 2 pinches of salt
  • 4 ½ tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 vanilla pods
  • 450 g currant jelly
  • 375 g dark chocolate or milk chocolate
  • 50 g pine nuts

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 3 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 12 minutes; Total time approx. 4 hours 27 minutes

for approx. 85 pieces

For the dough, mix softened butter and sugar with a dough hook. Then sift in the flour and add the spices. Cover the dough with cling film and let it rest in the fridge for 1-3 hours. Roll out the dough very thinly and cut out cookies using cookie cutters. Place on baking sheets lined with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 150°C (fan oven). Bake the cookies for approx. 11-12 minutes. Let cool. Heat the jelly in a bain-marie until it becomes liquid. Place two cookies together with it. Melt the chocolate coating in a bain-marie and brush over the tops. Press a pine nut on top for decoration. Makes approx. 85 cookies.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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