Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

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The perfect Sweet Shortcrust Pastry (or sweet pie crust) is not hard to make if you follow the step-by-step recipe in this post. A good shortcrust pastry recipe is a must-have for any budding baker. Jamie Oliver's old fashioned sweet shortcrust pastry is perfect for loads of lovely recipes, from apple pie to tarte au citron!

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Sweet Shortcrust Pastry is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet shortcrust pastry using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:
  1. Take 120 Grams butter , unsalted chopped
  2. Get 30 Grams icing sugar
  3. Take 1 Pinch salt
  4. Make ready 240 Grams plain flour
  5. Prepare 1 egg whole
  6. Make ready 1 egg yolk

I've made this recipe for shortcrust pastry incredible simple, and you can choose to make it either by hand or using a food processor. Shortcrust pastry is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche or pie. Shortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie. Shortcrust pastry recipes usually call for twice as much flour as fat by weight.

Instructions to make Sweet Shortcrust Pastry:
  1. Place butter + sugar + salt into a food processor and process until creamy.
  2. Add flour and process until coarse bread crumbs
  3. Add the egg + egg yolk and process for 10 secs or until dough comes together to form a ball.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.

This rich, sweet pastry makes a delicious base for chocolate tarts or fruit pies. Alternatively, it can be frozen for use at a later date. This recipe provides the wrapping or covering for many pies and tarts, both sweet and savoury. Follow individual recipe instructions for methods of use and baking. See notes at the bottom of recipe for.

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