DESSERT - WALNUT SHORTBREAD - Rodas-recipes
This method of making shortbread eliminates the NEED TO USE BUTTER ..a staple ingredient of shortbread. Walnuts and olive oil are a good replacement and the result is rich tasting with no cholestrol; and full of healthy monounsaturated fats. Walnuts contain ellagic acid.... a potent antioxidant.
225 gms plain flour
100 gms rice flour
125 gms olive oil and 100 gms walnuts gently pulverised in a grinder
100 gms caster sugar
a little extra caster sugar for dredging
Grease and line a round 12 inch tin. Sift the flour and salt and add all the ingredients. Knead it lightly to mix and roll it out in a circle. Press into the tin and bake for about an hour on gas mark 4. When it begins to look lightly colored remove and dredge with sugar and cut into portions.
225 gms plain flour
100 gms rice flour
125 gms olive oil and 100 gms walnuts gently pulverised in a grinder
100 gms caster sugar
a little extra caster sugar for dredging
Grease and line a round 12 inch tin. Sift the flour and salt and add all the ingredients. Knead it lightly to mix and roll it out in a circle. Press into the tin and bake for about an hour on gas mark 4. When it begins to look lightly colored remove and dredge with sugar and cut into portions.