Whole wheat pasta recipe

Frola pasta originates from Italy, this elaboration was born as a cake used for both savory and sweet foods. Its name alludes to the typical dough used in this recipe, of the broken type. This characteristic is conferred by the amount of butter that it has among its ingredients, as well as a minimum kneading to avoid the formation of gluten. Also, on this occasion, we want to teach you how to prepare a healthy pasta frola without butter, ideal for those looking for a healthier version of this delicious dessert.

In this article we teach you how to make whole wheat pasta. Do not miss it!

Ingredients to make Wholemeal Pasta Frola:

• 1½ cups of whole wheat flour (225 grams)
• ½ cup rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 50 grams of sugar (¼ cup)
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup of neutral oil
• 500 grams of sweet potato
• lemon or orange zest

How to make Whole Wheat Pasta:

1. To start with the whole wheat pasta recipe, first mix the dry ingredients of the dough, that is, flour, oats, baking powder and sugar.
2. Tip: if you want to make this recipe without sugar, you can replace the sugar with 5 sachets of sweetener suitable for cooking.
3. Mix the eggs with the oil and the citrus zest of your choice.
4. Integrate the dry ingredients with the wet ones without kneading too much, on the contrary, you will not achieve a broken dough.
5. Stretch a little more than half of the dough of your whole wheat pasta between dividersso that it does not stick to the counter or the palote.
6. Reserve the rest of the dough to make the classic lattice of this cake.
7. Take the dough to the previously greased mold to form the base of the pasta frola. Help yourself with wet fingers to accommodate it, covering the entire base and a little on the edges. This mold is removable 24 centimeters in diameter.
8. Store the tarter and the doughthat you had reserved in the refrigerator while you heat the sweet in the microwave for 30 seconds.
9. tir in between each time to make it easier to distribute. If desired, season with the zest of the same citrus used in the dough.
10. Tip: if you don’t have a microwave, you can heat it over medium-low heat in a nonstick pot.
11. Fill the pasta frola with the sweet. If you want, you can add chopped toasted nuts or chocolate chips.
12.  In addition, you can prepare the sweet at home and without sugar, following this recipe for Sweet potato sweet without sugar.
13. Stretch the remaining dough into stripsto make the lattice, applying a little pressure on the edges so that the dough sticks.
14. To stretch it, you can use the technique of the two separators, as you did at the base. On the other hand, you can also roll it up in a separator and crush it by hand.
15. Next, cook your pasta frola without butter in a high oven for about 15 minutes until lightly golden
16. When removing it from the oven, reserve the pasta in oil until the sweet stops boiling to unmold it and enjoy it, do not forget that hot sugar can burn you.