Short crust pastry - sweet

Method

• step 1

  Sieve the flour into a bowl and then sieve in the icing sugar. Rub the cubes of butter into the flour and sugar until you end up with a crumbly mixture. Then mix in the lemon zest.

• step 2

  Add the eggs and milk to the mixture and gently work it together till you have a ball of dough. Flour a surface and place the dough on top. Pat it into a flat round, flour it lightly, wrap it in clingfilm and put it into the fridge to rest for at least half an hour.

• step 3

  then can be used as and when