SHORTCRUST PASTRY CASE
Mary Cadogan's step-by-step recipe for the foolproof way to make a shortcrust pastry case
Provided by Mary Cadogan
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield Enough pastry for a 24cm pastry case
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Tip flour into a mixing bowl. Cut cold butter into small pieces and add. Toss to coat with flour. Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the flour, lifting it in the bowl as you do so to keep it light and cool. Continue until it looks like breadcrumbs. Shake the bowl and any larger lumps of butter will come to the surface to rub in.
- Sprinkle in 2 tbsp cold water and mix with a round-ended knife until the mixture starts to come together. Gather the dough with your hands, wiping it round the bowl to pick up stray pieces. Put the dough onto a work surface sprinkled very lightly with flour. Knead lightly to form a smooth ball.
- Sprinkle the rolling pin lightly with flour. Roll out the dough using short sharp strokes to avoid stretching, giving the dough a quarter turn each time you roll to keep the shape.
- Set the flan tin on the baking sheet. When the dough is about 5cm larger than the tin, lift it up draped over the rolling pin and lay it across the flan tin. Press the dough into the corners of the tin using your fingers, don't trim off the edges. Chill for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Fill the pastry case with a round of baking paper and add baking beans (see tip) to weigh it down. Bake for 15 mins, then carefully remove the paper and beans and cook the pastry for 5 mins more (this is called baking blind).
- Carefully trim off the excess pastry using a small sharp knife and use as required, cooling if needed.
SHORTCRUST PASTRY
This basic pastry is used in many popular recipes, from mince pies to quiches; it's also one of the easiest pastries to start with. The uncooked dough can be frozen or kept in the fridge for a couple of days.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 50m
Yield makes 1 (14 ounce) crust
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the flour, salt, and butter in a food processor and whiz or pulse briefly. Add half the beaten egg and continue to whiz. You might add a little more egg, but not too much as the mixture should be just moist enough to come together.
- If making by hand, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse bread crumbs. Then, using your hands, add just enough egg to bring the dough together. With your hands, flatten out the ball of dough, until it is about 3/4-inch thick, and then wrap in plastic wrap, or place in a plastic bag, and leave in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or, if you are pushed for time, in the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Variations:
- Sweet shortcrust pastry: In place of the pinch of salt, use 1 tablespoon of icing sugar.
- Sour cream shortcrust pastry: Replace the egg with 2 tablespoons of sour cream or creme fraiche, adding just enough to bring the dough together.
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
Provided by Miriam Nice
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 20m
Yield Makes around 300g
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Put 150g plain flour and 75g unsalted butter in a bowl and rub together with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275 calories, Fat 14 grams fat, SaturatedFat 8 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 33 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium
BASIC SHORTCRUST PASTRY
Learn how to make perfect shortcrust pastry every time with our easy recipe. For best results, make sure the butter is cold
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dessert, Main course, Side dish, Vegetable
Time 10m
Yield 325g
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Sift 225g plain flour into a large bowl, add 100g diced butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in a pinch of salt, then add 2-3 tbsp water and mix to a firm dough.
- Knead the dough briefly and gently on a floured surface.
- Wrap in cling film and chill while preparing the filling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 262 calories, Fat 14 grams fat, SaturatedFat 9 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 29 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 0.3 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium
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- Chill the pastry before rolling – if the butter melts and the pastry softens, rolling it can overdevelop the gluten.
- Lightly dust the work surface, the pastry and the rolling pin with flour to prevent sticking as you roll out.
- Turn the pastry 45 degrees clockwise after each roll to give an even round shape and ensure it doesn’t stick.
- Avoid stretching the pastry as you line the tin, which can lead to shrinkage when the pastry bakes.
- Use a ball of excess pastry dipped in flour to push the pastry into the corners of the tin – fingers can leave marks and fingernails can tear the pastry.
- Use a rolling pin to trim off excess pastry – roll it over the edges of the tin, moving away from the centre of the tin.
- Chill again, line with crumpled baking paper and fill with baking beans or rice, then blind bake on a hot baking sheet.
- The pastry case is cooked when there are no greyish raw patches and the surface feels sandy to the touch.
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