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Shortcrust Pastry Dough
Learn how to make shortcrust pastry dough with this easy to follow recipe
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 500 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 2 whole eggs
- 4 Tbsp ice water
- 1 whole egg for egg wash
Instructions
- 1
Add 500g plain flour in a mixing bowl
- 2
Add 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt and 2 Tbsp sugar and mix well
- 3
Add 250g cold unsalted butter, which has been cut into small pieces
- 4
Rub butter into the flour with fingers until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs
- 5
Beat 2 whole eggs and add to the flour/butter mixture and mix well
- 6
Add 4 Tbsp iced water one at a time and knead gently
- 7
Knead until all the ingredients come together to form a smooth dough
- 8
Divide into 2 portions and refrigerate in plastic bags for at least 1 hour before use
- 9
Take required amount of cool pastry dough and roll flat.
- 10
Cut to required size for your pastry bakes.