Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    2
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    1532
based on 12 ratings

Basic sweet, light, crumbly pastry for pies and tarts. Makes two single 9" tart shells.

recipe updated 20 Jul 2021

Ingredients

  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    400 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    130 g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    145 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    2 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2

Tools

  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Add plain flour, unsalted butter, powdered sugar and salt to a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Rub in until coarse crumbs form
  3. Add egg to the dough
  4. Mix gently until mixture comes together
  5. Wrap with plastic wrap
  6. Chill - approx 1 hr
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