Sand baskets with jam

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   First prepare the dough.

2. Step 2:

   

   To do this, beat the butter at room temperature until fluffy.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add egg, powdered sugar, a pinch of salt and milk, beat everything thoroughly until smooth.

4. Step 4:

   

   Sift the flour and add it to the oil mixture.

5. Step 5:

   

   Using a mixer, knead the soft dough. You do not need to knead the dough for a long time, just stir in all the flour.

6. Step 6:

   

   Collect the dough into a ball (do not knead the dough). We wrap it in a film or put it in a bag and send it to the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes.

7. Step 7:

   

   We take the cooled dough from the refrigerator and roll it into a layer about 3 mm thick.

8. Step 8:

   

   We spread the dough into serving molds. (I have a small piece of dough left, I made cookies from it). We send the molds back to the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

9. Step 9:

   

   We take out the dough molds from the refrigerator, carefully prick the surface of the dough with a fork, cover it with baking paper on top and pour the beans (or other suitable cargo). Bake the baskets in this form in a preheated 180 C oven for about 15 minutes.

11. Step 10:

    

    After 15 minutes, we remove the load and send the baskets to bake for another 10 minutes until the dough is ready.

12. Step 11:

    

    While the baskets are baking, you can do meringue.

13. Step 12:

    

    To do this, prepare the syrup. In a saucepan, mix water with sugar. Stirring constantly, so that the sugar would dissolve, bring the mixture to a boil.

14. Step 13:

    

    Cook the syrup until the temperature reaches 118 C (approximately, after boiling, boil the syrup for 5 minutes with a slight boil).

15. Step 14:

    

    As soon as the syrup boils, we start whipping the proteins, whisk them to a stable foam.

16. Step 15:

    

    Pour the finished syrup in a thin trickle onto the working blades of the mixer. Beat the mixture to a dense shiny mass.

17. Step 16:

    

    We fill the finished baskets with our favorite thick jam.

18. Step 17:

    

    Spread the meringue on top with a pastry bag or just with a spoon.

19. Step 18:

    

    To gild the meringue, we send the baskets to the oven preheated to 220 C for 3 minutes or until the meringue turns brown (watch carefully, it happens quickly). We take the baskets out of the oven, let them cool down a little and you can serve. Bon appetit!