Shortcrust pastry is widely used by more and more cooks these days. It is quite easy to prepare and you do not have to wait for it to rise like ordinary dough.
With the shortcrust pastry can be prepared both sweet and savory products, from cakes to pastry pies.
One of the most important things to know about making shortcrust pastry is that all of the ingredients should be cold.
The flour must be dry. Shortcrust pastry should be baked in a non greased baking pan. Before proceeding to baking, you must spread the dough with egg yolk. The pastries made from this dough are baked at a temperature of 220 to 250°C.
Rolling it out only happens in one direction.
How to prepare shortcrust pastry?
Required products:
Flour - 300 g
Milk - 30 g
Butter - 150 g
Powdered sugar - 70 g
Salt - 1 pinch
Method of preparation: Sift the flour into a bowl, add salt and powdered sugar. Add the diced butter.
Rub the products with your fingers, until crumbs are obtained. Knead the crumbly dough, cover it with cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to set.
From here on we leave the improvisation in your hands, but we will still help you out with our ideas for:
- fruit pie;
- apple pie;
- savory pie.
