Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, shortcrust pastry (sweet). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shortcrust pastry (sweet) using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Shortcrust pastry (sweet):
- Take 375 g plain flour
- Prepare 260 g unsalted butter softened
- Prepare 125 g caster sugar
- Make ready 1 large egg
Even if you've never made pastry before, as long as you stick to the correct measurements for the ingredients and you follow the method exactly, you'll be laughing. The one place where you can experiment is with flavouring. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Steps to make Shortcrust pastry (sweet):
- Put the flour and butter into a large bowl. Rub together until you get crumbs
- Stir the sugar through the flour and butter mix. Beat the egg and add this too.
- Mix together with a wooden spoon until it starts to combine. Then use your hands to fold it all together into a ball
- Chill the pastry for at-least 30 minutes before you use it. You can divide up and freeze in smaller quantities to use whenever you need it. It should be ok for up-to a year in the freezer.
- This pastry can be used to make a number of bakes. If you are making tarts with it then you would need to bake for around 20 minutes.
Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add the butter and rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 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.
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