Shortcrust pastry, a basic recipe used to prepare savory tarts but also sweet ones. It is a neutral base, easy and quick to make, suitable for making many different recipes. The ingredients are few and simple and are usually already in the kitchen: we will need only cold milk, extra virgin olive oil, flour and salt. Shortcrust pastry is a light and flaky base with which you can prepare delightful baked dishes, even at the last minute!
Store the shortcrust pastry in the refrigerator in an airtight container for a couple of days. If you wish, you can freeze the dough ball in the freezer for about a month and thaw it when needed.
But now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to prepare the shortcrust pastry
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
LET’S SEE WHAT WE NEED TO PREPARE
- 2 1/6 cups type 0 flour (all-purpose)
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp cup milk (cold)
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Dough board
- 1 Kitchen scale
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing the shortcrust pastry: pour the type 0 flour and the salt into a bowl.
Pour in the cold milk and the extra virgin olive oil.
Stir well with a spoon.
Move to a dough board and work the dough until you obtain a smooth, homogeneous ball that does not stick to your hands.
At this point the shortcrust pastry is ready; you can use it to make wonderful savory or sweet tarts.Because it is butter-free, the shortcrust pastry can be used immediately and does not need to rest in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap.
You can then roll it out with a rolling pin and use it!
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