Name: Short Crust Pastry recipe by BetterButter Editorial at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 ½ cup all purpose flour; ½ cup cold butter; ½ tsp salt; 1 tblsp sugar; ½ cup ice cold water

ABOUT Short Crust Pastry RECIPE

This simple short crust pastry recipe, makes the flakiest and most delicious dough

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 ½ cup all purpose flour
½ cup cold butter
½ tsp salt
1 tblsp sugar
½ cup ice cold water

Instructions

Measure out the flour, salt, sugar into a large bowl Fill ice cubes into a glass. Pour ½ cup of water in it.
Chop very cold butter into squares. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, mash in the butter into the flour mix.
Mash until the flour resembles coarse bread crumbs Use just enough water to bring the dough together. Do not knead.
If you see pieces of butter that’s a good thing. Flatten and refrigerate for atleast ½ an hour before using.
Flour a work surface. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to use as per the recipe’s requirement.

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