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Sweet shortcrust pastry
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- plus chilling
- Easy
- Makes around 300g
Ingredients
- 150g plain flour
- 75g unsalted butter
- 50g icing sugar
- 1 egg yolk
Method
- STEP 1
Put 150g plain flour and 75g unsalted butter in a bowl and rub together with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- STEP 2
Mix in 50g icing sugar and a pinch of salt followed by 1 egg yolk. If the pastry feels too dry to form a dough, add 1 tbsp water. Shape the dough into a ball, flatten it out into a disc, wrap it in cling film, then chill for at least 30 mins before using in your recipes. You could try using it to make our apple & blackberry pies.