Shortcrust Pastry is a versatile pastry dough which is used to make so many pastries, like apple pies, lemon tarts and onion cheese quiche. Learn how to make shortcrust pastry with step by step instructions.
Shortcrust Pastry
In this post I am going to share basic eggless pastry dough which is both sweet and savoury.
About Shortcrust Pastry Recipe
This is one of basic dough for many recipes like Pies, Quiche, Tarts and many more. So I am giving you a step by step detailed recipe for this. The main thing you should know is use half the amount of butter for flour and also try to use ice cold water for making the dough. This dough has a little more sugar. This dough is best for making sweet filling pies or any sweet preparations. If you are using it to make savoury don't use the sugar.
Savoury Shortcrust Pastry Recipe. This pastry is my go to recipe for tarts, pies and quiche. It is not only fool proof but taste so buttery and flaky.
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I hope you all get a clear understanding of this. So please try this and let me know what you think about this.
How to Make Sweet Shortcrust Pastry without Eggs
- In a mixing bowl add flour, salt, sugar and mix well.
- Add in chopped cold butter and rub with your fingers till it forms coarse crumbs.
- Add a spoonful of water and mix well using a spoon, if it is too dry add spoonful more water. Now form this to a dough. Dont knead too much.
- Cover it with plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Now you can use this for any recipe as you like.
How to Make Savoury Shortcrust Pastry Dough
- Take flour, salt, pepper in a bowl and mix well.
- Add cold butter and rub the butter into flour.
- Add in cold water and mix well to a dough.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and chill for 30 min before using.
- You can use this dough for quiche, savoury tarts or pies.
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Basic Shortcrust Pastry Recipe (Sweet & Savoury)
Ingredients
Sweet Shortcrust Pastry Dough Recipe
- 400 grams All Purpose Flour
- 200 grams Unsalted Butter (must be cold)
- a pinch Salt
- ½ cup Sugar powdered
- as needed Cold Water
Savoury Shortcrust Pastry Recipe
- 400 grams All Purpose Flour
- 200 grams Unsalted Butter (must be cold)
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- as needed Cold Water
Instructions
Sweet Short Crust Pastry Recipe
- In a mixing bowl add flour,salt,sugar and mix well.
- Add in chopped cold butter and rub with your fingers till it forms coarse crumbs.
- Add a spoonful of water and mix well using a spoon, if it is too dry add spoonful more water. Now form this to a dough. Dont knead too much.
- Cover it with plastic wrap and chill it in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Now you can use this for any recipe as you like..
Savoury Short Crust Pastry Recipe
- Take flour, salt, pepper in a bowl and mix well.
- Add cold butter and rub the butter into flour.
- Add in cold water and mix well to a dough.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and chill for 30 min before using.
- You can use this dough for quiche, savoury tarts or pies.
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Notes
- Reducing the butter quantity will result a hard crust. So use butter as mentioned.
- Don't over knead the dough, else the gluten will develop in the dough which results in chewy crust.
- Use cold water for kneading the dough and cold butter, this will give flaky crust.
- This dough has a little more sugar,this dough is best for making sweet filling pies or any sweet preparations.
- If you are making it for savoury don't use the sugar.
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| don't over knead this dough, or the pie will turn hard and chewy. Just bring it together using your hands thats it |
1)Take flour in a bowl
2)Add salt and pepper
3)Mix well
4)Add cold cubed butter
5)Rub it into the flour
6)Now it is well mixed
7)Add cold water
8)Shape it into a dough
9)Wrap it in plastic
10)Chill the dough for 30 mins before using
11)Now let's line the tart mould.
12)Take the dough
13)Rolled the dough
14)Put it in the mould
15)Remove the excess
16)Prick with fork and blind bake.
Once it is baked you can fill with any filling and make it into quiche or pies or tart.
Food Processor Shortcrust Pastry Dough
In your food processor bowl, add flour, salt, sugar and pulse for few seconds till combined. Now add in cubed cold unsalted butter in and pulse few times till the butter is blended into the flour and looks like size of pea.
Now add very little cold water and pulse few times. If your dough is not coming together add more cold water. Once the dough starts to come together turn off the machine and remove the dough to a plastic cling wrap and fold well. Flatten it and store in fridge till use.
Tips & Tricks
Once you make the shortcrust pastry dough. fold it two to three times on itself to create more layers. This trick will create more flaky texture in your pastry.
Also make sure your pastry dough is cold when baking.
I always prefer to place the tart tin after it is lined with the pastry in fridge for few hours before baking.
- Reducing the butter quantity will result a hard crust. So use butter as mentioned.
- Don't over knead the dough, else the gluten will develop in the dough which results in chewy crust.
- Use cold water for kneading the dough and cold butter, this will give flaky crust.
- This dough has a little more sugar, this dough is best for making sweet filling pies or any sweet preparations.
- If you are making it for savoury don't use the sugar.
- Refrigerate Shortcrust pastry dough for at least 1 to 2 hours.
- Make sure your pastry dough is cold when baking.
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Raksha
hey this is great
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Thanks for the recipe...
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Lauren Leach
Beautiful pastry, lovely and buttery!
Ayesha Manna
Lovely..one help plz.. Can u convert grams to cups? i mean how much butter equals 100 gms? 1 stick?
Aarthi
@Ayesha Manna 1 stick butter is 113 grams. So it is a little less than 1 stick.
Anonymous
Sorry .. but would like to have known whhat oven number to cook it on and how long x
Aarthi
@Anonymouscheck this recipe
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2011/06/apple-pie.html
uma mahi
hie akka..can i use this for making samosa? thanks:)
Aarthi
@uma mahino these are for pies and tarts. Check this link for samosa recipe
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2012/02/punjabi-samosa-samosa-with-spicy-potato.html
umamahi
akka..can i make this as a sheet for samosa and bake it?
umamahi
by negleting the sugar..sry forgot to add this line
Aarthi
@umamahithis has too much butter, so it wont work for samosa sheets
Rachael
I have never made pastry before, I always thought it was tricky to get right. This recipe is fantastic! So easy to follow (thanks for your photo tips) and tastes great. My son is allergic to egg, so I had to use an egg free pastry for my mince pies. I put in 3 tablespoons of caster sugar as I didn't have powder sugar (I assume you mean icing sugar) and I used half butter and half lard (a friend had recommended to do this). I didn't overwork it and the result is crumbly (not too crumbly), light and just sweet enough. It's so simple, I've made another batch today and popped it in the fridge for the weekend. I've gone from being a pastry virgin to making it twice in two days! Thanks so much, I'll be checking out more of your recipes, especially the egg free ones.
Anonymous
Hi, can the maida be substituted by whole wheat flour..if yes then what is the proportion....thank you