Sweet short-crust pastry is a French Paté brisée sucrée recipe that will create the most delicious French pastries for you. It's the lightest of pastries for your sweet tarts, such as scrumptious Best Raspberry Tarts or Strawberry Tarts With No-bake Filling! For savory tarts or when you need a less sweet crust, make my Paté Brisée Short Crust Recipe.
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About Short Crust Pastry: Paté Brisée Sucrée
It is mouthwatering with a delicious taste and texture, so this is one recipe you will want in your recipe collection.
This pastry is very much like the paté brisée but has sugar and egg yolks added, which is why it is a richer pastry and is delicious for fruit tarts.
Before you venture to make your paté brisée sucrée recipe, you need to know that the sugar makes the dough more crumbly and difficult to handle, and for this reason, people seem to shy away from making it.
But stick with it, and you will have the most gorgeous of light pastries for your favourite tarts.
It is often called paté sablée or sandy pastry.
How To Make Short Crust Pastry: Paté Brisée Sucrée
Mix the flour, confectioner's sugar, and salt in a large baking bowl.
Add the butter and, using your fingertips, rub the butter and flour together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Do this very quickly to prevent the butter from softening.
Add the water and egg mixture until the mixture sticks together. If the mixture is a little dry, add a few drops of water.
Proceed to what the French call the "fraisage", but as the dough will be difficult to handle, you can use a piece of plastic wrap to place the dough on. Then push the dough away from you with the heel of your hand until it is smooth.
Wrap in plastic and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Short Crust Pastry Filling Ideas
Some ideas for using your recipe for French tarts are:
Savory French Tarts
- Onion Pie
- Try this French Canadian Pie made with 2 kinds of meat, potatoes, onions, and an aromatic selection of herbs and spices.
Sweet French Tarts:
For fruit tarts, you may wish to have a delicious Crème Pâtissière filling.
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Sweet Short Crust Pastry Recipe: Paté Brisée Sucrée
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon confectioner's sugar or granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter cut into small pieces
- 2 egg yolks beaten with 2 tablespoon iced water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or essence
Instructions
- Place the flour, confectioner's sugar, and salt into a large baking bowl.
- Add the butter and using your finger tips, rub the butter and flour together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Do this very quickly to prevent the butter from softening.
- Add the water and egg mixture until the mixture sticks together.
- If the mixture is a little dry add a few drops of water.
- Now proceed to what the French call the "fraisage", but as the dough will be difficult to handle, you can use a piece of plastic wrap to place the dough on. Then push the dough away from you with the heal of your hands until it is smooth.
- Wrap in the plastic and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours before rolling out dough.
- NOTE: Nutritional values below are for the whole pie crust.
Notes
- Onion Pie
- Try this French Canadian Pie made with 2 kinds of meat, potatoes, onions, and an aromatic selection of herbs and spices.
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