Shortbread pie with nectarines in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a shortbread pie with nectarines in the oven? Measure out the necessary ingredients. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft.

2. Step 2:

   

   Mix flour with baking powder, sift into a wide bowl with high sides.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add sugar to flour, mix.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add softened butter to the dry ingredients.

5. Step 5:

   

   Rub everything until you get butter crumbs.

6. Step 6:

   

   In a small bowl, beat the egg with salt with a fork until smooth.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add the beaten egg to the resulting crumb. Stir first with a spoon.

8. Step 8:

   

   Then quickly knead the dough with your hands. It is not necessary to knead the dough for a long time. Assemble it into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

9. Step 9:

   

   Take the nectarines for the filling ripe, but not overripe, so that they retain their shape when sliced. Vanillin can be replaced with vanilla sugar. Instead of corn starch, you can take potato starch.

10. Step 10:

    

    Wash the nectarines, dry them. Cut each fruit in half, remove the stone. Cut the nectarines into medium-thick slices.

12. Step 11:

    

    For the filling, combine mascarpone, powdered sugar, vanilla, corn starch and part of the beaten egg. Leave less than half of the egg to lubricate the pie on top.

13. Step 12:

    

    Mix the ingredients for the filling thoroughly until a homogeneous fluid mass is obtained.

14. Step 13:

    

    Roll out the cooled dough into a layer about 0.5 cm thick. You can roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment. The size of the formation should be larger than the diameter of the mold.

15. Step 14:

    

    Transfer the dough to a baking dish, spread it on the bottom and sides. I have a mold diameter of 20 cm.

16. Step 15:

    

    Pour mascarpone filling on the dough.

17. Step 16:

    

    Put slices of nectarines on the filling.

18. Step 17:

    

    Lower the dough from the sides of the mold onto the filling, press lightly.

19. Step 18:

    

    Grease the sides of the pie with the remaining beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.

20. Step 19:

    

    Immediately bake the pie with nectarines in a preheated 180C oven for about 35 minutes. The dough should turn brown, and the fruit should become soft. Determine the cooking time, focusing on the specifics of the operation of your oven.

21. Step 20:

    

    Remove the finished cake from the mold, cool completely, cut into portions and serve to the table. Bon appetit!