Place the flour, sugar and butter into a food processor and process it until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Slowly adding the iced water until a smooth dough forms. …
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Shortcrust Pastry This shortcrust pastry recipe is easy and quick. You only need 5 simple ingredients and 10 minutes to make it! Use it as a base for tarts, pies or …
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Step 5: Roll Vegan Pastry Dough When the dough is rested and chilled, it’s ready to roll. This is a good time to preheat your oven to 400 °F since it needs to be hot when …
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For the tart shell, prepare the dish by cutting the butter into eight pieces and baking it at 400 degrees F / 200 degrees C. The reason I like using a carbon steel tart pan is that it is …
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Fahrenheit/ 375 degrees Celsius. Pour some uncooked rice near the top of the chilled pastry crust, leaving about a quarter of the surface …
Directions 1 Place the flour, salt, and butter in a food processor and whiz or pulse briefly. ... 2 If making by hand, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse bread crumbs. ... 3 Variations: 4 Sweet shortcrust pastry: In place of the pinch of salt, use 1 tablespoon of icing sugar. More items...
You can replace sugar with granulated sugar, the shortcrust pastry dough will be crisper, but more difficult to work. We can use T45 flour but as it is richer in gluten, it is more “elastic” when kneading with the risk of retracting when cooking.
It calls for just four ingredients—flour, fat, salt, and water—and the ratio of flour to fat is usually 4-to-1. Shortcrust pastry is easy to make and can be prepared either by hand or with a food processor. It's one of the most versatile pastries because it can be used for both savory and sweet dishes.
Since classic shortcrust pastry uses butter, it’s not a vegan recipe. However, using vegan butter substitute is a simple switch that allows for it to be made dairy free! With vegan butter instead of vegetable shortening, this pastry has more flavor and some added salt content; perfect for savory recipes or to contrast sweet recipes nicely!