Whole Wheat Pasta Frola Recipe. Perfect for an Afternoon of Mates!

I bring you a classic of the classics! This spectacular whole wheat pasta frola recipe! A real treat! Ideal for gluttons and lovers of quince paste. Made exclusively with iwhole grain ingredients but with a taste very similar to the original. You will hardly notice it! Go ahead and prepare this whole grain recipe!

This weekend I wanted to fulfill a very special request from Cris who is a follower of my recipes on Instagram. A few days ago she asked me to make a whole wheat pasta frola recipe. With a little delay but I finally did it! I hope you enjoy doing it and it turns out great!

I always love receiving your comments and requests. Today there is a lot of interest in eating with whole ingredients but sometimes it is not encouraged. So I am experimenting day by day to make those recipes that you like but in their whole wheat version!

Today it was the turn of the so famous and much loved pasta frola. Of Italian origin, a recipe that is prepared with brisée dough, a shortcrust type dough, based on butter. It also has a very generous layer of quince paste. It is undoubtedly a recipe loved by those who find quince paste irresistible!

Let’s talk a bit about the recipe:

Don’t be mistaken for thinking that whole-grain recipes contain fewer calories than refined ingredients. Whole wheat means that these ingredients are healthier and purer. Because by not going through these refining processes, they provide those nutrients that are usually discarded. Giving greater satiety also among other benefits.

This is a recipe that the dough has butter yes or yes and this is not replaceable. Margarine can be used, of course, the result will undoubtedly depend on the raw material and its quality of course. This is a whole grain recipe not the low calorie type. This page does not count calories or provide diets. Only recipes are provided in their whole grain version that help to eat healthier.

Shortbread pastry doughs are not kneaded and can be done by hand or as I did this time using my food processor. Once prepared and ready, it needs time in the refrigerator to be able to work with it. Since it contains butter, its handling is a bit difficult if it is not cold.

Ingredient amounts provided are for making a pasta frola with a No. 28 low tart tin. You can also make it in a smaller and taller tart tin (I had this one) or the mold you have and are used to making your recipes in it.

In the photo I used a No. 28 tart tin tall. In which I used a larger amount of sweet paste and made it this way for the photo. But I think such a thick layer of quince jelly is a bit over the top and goes cloying. Which you can modify according to your preference and this is the good thing about doing homemade things.

The dough strips that go on top of the frola pasta can be placed by inserting them between them or by placing all the strips on one side first and then the others on top of the previous ones. Do it in the way that is easiest and most practical for you. If the dough takes temperature and its handling becomes difficult, store in the refrigerator and continue working later (keep the pasta frola also in the refrigerator).