What to make with pâte sucrée (sweet shortcrust)

Pâte sucrée is exactly what it says it is, sweetened pastry. A sweetened version of the simplest pastry to make, shortcrust, and not much harder to master than that basic dough. Like regular shortcrust, it benefits from the minimum handling. The dessert queen of pastries, it tastes much like a tender Scottish shortbread, or sablé biscuit – truly delicious in its own right and a world away from any shop-bought version. It is a little enriched, and therefore its natural home is the sweet tart, pie or galette. Apple, lemon, chocolate, frangipane, take your pick!