Recipe: Appetizing Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry. Learn how to make sweet shortcrust pastry. You'll be surprised how easy it is, then you can make all sorts of desserts like our apple and blackberry pies. Learn how to make sweet shortcrust pastry.

Sift the flour and salt into a dish or food processor. Cut the butter into cubes and add to the bowl or food processor. If using a food processor, pulse the butter and flour together until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs. You can cook Sweet Shortcrust Pastry using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

1. Prepare 120 Grams of butter , unsalted chopped.
2. Prepare 30 Grams of icing sugar.
3. Prepare 1 Pinch of salt.
4. You need 240 Grams of plain flour.
5. You need 1 of egg whole.
6. You need 1 of egg yolk.

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Sweet Shortcrust Pastry step by step

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..

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