Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, very basic shortcrust pastry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

But if you're going to make beautiful golden flaky pastry without a soggy bottom in sight - there are a few golden rules you need to know. Make sure your butter and water are cold - This is essential, not just at the start, but the whole way through the recipe. Put flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer or food processor. Add butter and quickly cut it into flour until mixture resembles coarse meal.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook very basic shortcrust pastry using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Take 1 C (170 g) flour
2. Prepare Salt, a pinch of
3. Make ready 40 g butter, cubed
4. Make ready 60 g water

This sweet shortcrust pastry recipe makes the perfect pastry to wrap delicious fruit pies or sweet tarts in. It is simple to make and has just the right amount of sweetness to compliment the filling. It will turn you into a a bit of a kitchen diva and no-one has to know how easy it was! This shortcrust pastry is a very easy to make.

Steps to make Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Put all the ingredients except water into a quite large bowl. I didn't add much butter as the other recipes do. I like a light pastry. The more butter, the less water.
2. Use your fingertips and thumb to rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Add in enough cold water (if the dough is still dry, add only a table spoon of water at a time) to bind the dough together. Knead it briefly and gently on a floured surface.
4. Lightly dust the pin with flour and rest it on the centre of the dough. Then rolling to a shape as you like.
5. After you mastered this technique, you can make any pastry. Just change the ratio of ingredients. I will show you more recipes later.

It will turn you into a a bit of a kitchen diva and no-one has to know how easy it was! This shortcrust pastry is a very easy to make. It is buttery and melts in your mouth. It is made with milk and egg, giving it more flavour. This pastry can be adapted for both sweet and savoury dishes.

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