Savory shortcrust pastry baskets perfect for filling in many ways and ideal for creating savory baskets for delicious and original appetizers. You can make the baskets with savory shortcrust pastry in various sizes depending on the molds you have available or you can also prepare them inside a muffin tray. I use mini tart molds about 4 inches that do not need to be greased before rolling out the savory shortcrust pastry. Here are some ideas for preparing savory baskets filled with tuna sauce, Russian salad, creamy cheeses, or tzatziki sauce, salmon mousse. Now let’s see how to make savory shortcrust pastry baskets, and if you try them, let me know. Barbara

Here are other delicious ideas to fill the pastry baskets:

Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 30 Minutes
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 10
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients to prepare the savory shortcrust pastry baskets

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg (large)
2 tsp salt
4.5 oz butter (cold from refrigerator)

Tools

Molds

How to prepare the savory shortcrust pastry baskets

Let’s start preparing the savory shortcrust pastry baskets, pour the flour into a bowl, add the salt,
and mix the two ingredients.
Add the cold butter cubes from the refrigerator
work with your hands until you get a crumbly mixture,
then add the egg
break it with a fork and incorporate it,
then knead with your hands
until you get a compact and shiny dough.
Transfer it between two sheets of parchment paper, flatten it with your hands
and roll it out with a rolling pin, let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
Take the dough out of the refrigerator
and cut out circles with the molds
which you will then place inside the molds and prick the base with a fork.
Bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F for 20 minutes.
Once cooked, remove the savory shortcrust pastry baskets from the oven and let them cool, then remove them from the molds and fill them as you like.