The classic shortcrust pastry recipe is a must-have in every homemaker’s cookbook! A simple and basic recipe used to create delicious tarts and cookies! Few and healthy ingredients to obtain the perfect shortcrust pastry, easy to make and once prepared you can keep it in the fridge for 2 days before using it or if you have leftovers you can even freeze it! The process involves using a stand mixer but you can also make it by hand following the order of adding ingredients. But now, let’s cut to the chase and hurry to the kitchen to try the classic shortcrust pastry recipe!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Low Cost
- Rest time: 4 Hours
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 1
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for Classic Shortcrust Pastry
- 1 egg (whole)
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup butter
Useful Tools
- Stand Mixer
- Pastry Board
- Plastic Wrap
Preparation of Classic Shortcrust Pastry
Place the ingredients in the bowl of the stand mixer in the following order: flour, sugar, whole egg, egg yolk, room temperature butter cut into pieces.
Insert the flat beater, and run the stand mixer at speed 6 for 3 minutes.
Now transfer the shortcrust pastry to the lightly floured pastry board, compact the dough and shape it into a loaf, wrap it with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to rest for at least 3 hours before use. You can use this shortcrust pastry for tarts and cookies!
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Tips
For baking tarts, roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch, line a pan, fill with cream, chocolate, or jam and bake at 392°F for about 30/35 minutes.
For cookies, roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch, cut them with cookie cutters of your choice, place in a preheated oven at 356°F and bake for 15/18 minutes.
If you have leftover classic shortcrust pastry dough, you can freeze it and use it when needed, just let it thaw and the pastry will be like freshly made!
