Pate Sucree

Name: Pate Sucree
Ingredients: 2 egg yolks; ¼ tsp natural vanilla extract; 40 g caster sugar; 100 g unsalted butter; 200 g plain flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Le Cordon Bleu Dessert Techniques

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

This lightly sweetened pastry is enriched with additional egg yolk and flavoured with vanilla. Use for flans, tarts and all sweet pastries.

Ingredients

200 g plain flour
100 g unsalted butter
40 g

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter Stir in the sugar. Use a fork to lightly whisk the egg yolks and vanilla, then add them to the dry ingredients and mix to form a short dough. Press together lightly and chill for 30 minutes.