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Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Perfect Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

date: 2020-11-03T19:06:57.860Z
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author: Blanche Lee
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recipeingredient:
- "120 Grams butter unsalted chopped" - "30 Grams icing sugar" - "1 Pinch salt" - "240 Grams plain flour" - "1 egg whole" - "1 egg yolk"
recipeinstructions:
- "Place butter + sugar + salt into a food processor and process until creamy." - "Add flour and process until coarse bread crumbs" - "Add the egg + egg yolk and process for 10 secs or until dough comes together to form a ball." - "Tip pastry onto a lightly floured bench & bring together with hands. Flatten gently into a round shape and wrap in plastic film. Refrigerate for 20 mins." - "Roll the rested dough to the size of your tart tray & press pastry into it. Fill any cracks with excess dough. Refrigerate again for 30 mins." - "Remove the tray from the fridge. Place a sheet of baking paper into the chilled pastry in the tart tin, half fill it with baking beads (or you can also use rice or butter beans etc.). Bake for 12-15 mins or until edges are light golden." - "Once done, remove the weights and bake for another 5 mins only or till the pastry is set. Your pastry is ready and now you can fill it with any filling of your choice."
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- Recipe
tags:
- sweet - shortcrust - pastry
katakunci: sweet shortcrust pastry
nutrition: 251 calories
recipecuisine: American
preptime: "PT40M"
cooktime: "PT43M"
recipeyield: "1"
recipecategory: Dessert

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Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, sweet shortcrust pastry. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It's simple, it's fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is something that I have loved my whole life. They're fine and they look wonderful.

You could try using it to make our apple & blackberry pies. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. This pastry is perfect for making apple and other sweet pies.


To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet shortcrust pastry using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.



##### The ingredients needed to make Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Take 120 Grams butter , unsalted chopped 1. Make ready 30 Grams icing sugar 1. Take 1 Pinch salt 1. Prepare 240 Grams plain flour 1. Prepare 1 egg whole 1. Prepare 1 egg yolk

When this mixture has come together, looking like coarse breadcrumbs, add the cold milk or water. Pat and gently work together to form a ball of dough. Basic shortcrust pastry is the easiest pastry to make, it is a versatile pastry suitable for sweet or savory dishes. Sometimes a sweet shortcrust pastry is needed, especially for desserts and sweet pies as it adds extra flavor and depth.



##### Instructions to make Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Place butter + sugar + salt into a food processor and process until creamy. 1. Add flour and process until coarse bread crumbs 1. Add the egg + egg yolk and process for 10 secs or until dough comes together to form a ball. 1. Tip pastry onto a lightly floured bench & bring together with hands. Flatten gently into a round shape and wrap in plastic film. Refrigerate for 20 mins. 1. Roll the rested dough to the size of your tart tray & press pastry into it. Fill any cracks with excess dough. Refrigerate again for 30 mins. 1. Remove the tray from the fridge. Place a sheet of baking paper into the chilled pastry in the tart tin, half fill it with baking beads (or you can also use rice or butter beans etc.). Bake for 12-15 mins or until edges are light golden. 1. Once done, remove the weights and bake for another 5 mins only or till the pastry is set. Your pastry is ready and now you can fill it with any filling of your choice.

Basic shortcrust pastry is the easiest pastry to make, it is a versatile pastry suitable for sweet or savory dishes. Sometimes a sweet shortcrust pastry is needed, especially for desserts and sweet pies as it adds extra flavor and depth. A rich shortcrust pastry recipe is similar to basic shortcrust but has an egg and sugar added to it. Method Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until well combined, then beat in the egg yolks, one at a time until fully incorporated into the mixture. Mix in the flour until the mixture.

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