Sweet Short Crust Pastry Recipe

An off-white pie shell with scalloped edges and steam release holes across the bottom cooling on a wire rack.

Sweet Short Crust Pastry Recipe

One of the most delicious French pastries for your favorite tarts. Here is an easy short crust pastry recipe with step-by-step instructions that will make enough for one pie crust, top or bottom, that will make a pie to serve 6-8 people, depending on serving size. Just double the recipe to make enough for both bottom and top or freeze half for later.

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Prep Time 15

Resting Time 2

Total Time 2 15

Course pastries

Cuisine French

Servings pie

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup of 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

Serving Size

This recipe for short crust pastry will make enough for one pie crust, top, or bottom. It will make a pie to serve 6-8 people, depending on serving size. Just double the recipe to make enough for both bottom and top, or freeze half for later.

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Nutrition

Calories: 1390kcalCarbohydrates: 123gProtein: 20gFat: 103gSaturated Fat: 62gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 28gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 633mgSodium: 1913mgPotassium: 203mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 3355IUCalcium: 93mgIron: 7mg

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