Shortcrust Pastry

Name: Shortcrust Pastry
Yield: Makes enough for a large 25 cm quiche (or 4 pies using using a 10cm pie tin)
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 200 g unsalted butter or plant-based butter, fridge cold; 100 ml ice cold water; 400 g plain flour

Preparation info

Makes enough for a large 25 cm quiche (or
4
pies using using a 10cm pie tin)

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bad Girl Bakery

By Jeni Iannetta

Published 2021

About

Shortcrust is surprisingly easy to make. This recipe is the one Darren was taught to make at the start of his career and we use it for all the savoury quiches and pies in this chapter. For vegan shortcrust, use plant-based butter (not soft spread) — you may need a little more water.

Ingredients

400 g plain flour
200 g unsalted butter or plant-based butter, fridge cold
10

Pastry
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

As your hands get a little messy making this, it’s a good idea to measure out all your ingredients before you start.

Weigh out the flour into a big mixing bowl and add a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Chop the butter into small cubes and measure the ice water into a jug.

Give the flour, salt and pepper a mix with your fingers to combine. Add the butter and rub it in with you