GabriellaVV's Notes:
Expand3 cups unbleached flour Ask a question about this ingredient
1/2 pound unsalted butter, frozen, cut into cubes Ask a question about this ingredient
1 dash sea salt Ask a question about this ingredient
8 tablespoons sugar, heaping Ask a question about this ingredient
1 lemon, zested, save juice Ask a question about this ingredient
1 large egg yolk, save white Ask a question about this ingredient
3 teaspoons vanilla extract Ask a question about this ingredient
3 tablespoons cold water Ask a question about this ingredient
7 ounces guava paste Ask a question about this ingredient
1 handful crystallized or demerara sugar Ask a question about this ingredient
Preheat oven to 350F. In food processor, combine flour, frozen butter cubes, salt and sugar and lemon zest until texture resembles coarse cornmeal, with butter pieces no larger than small peas.
Ask a question about this stepCombine egg yolk, vanilla and cold water. Add the egg mixture to the food processor and pulse just until the dough pulls together. Add more ice water if necessary.
Ask a question about this stepMix guava paste and 1 tablespoon lemon juice in blender until smooth.
Ask a question about this stepDivide dough in half. Roll out and fancy cut half of dough. Rollout and place other half of dough in pan. Spread paste over dough. Crisscross dough strips over paste and brush with egg white. Sprinkle with crystallized or demerara coarse sugar.
Ask a question about this stepBake in 350 oven for 1 hour or until golden brown.
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Dorie is a food writer and award-winning author of ten cookbooks, her most recent being Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours.
