Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

Name: Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
Ingredients: 1 oz (25 g) caster sugar; 1 egg yolk; 2 oz (50 g) lard; Cold water to mix; 2 oz (50 g) butter; Pinch salt; 8 oz (250 g) plain flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Britain & Ireland

By Keith Floyd

Published 1988

About

This sweetened shortcrust pastry is used for fruit flans and little open tartlets.

Ingredients

8 oz (250 g) plain flour
Pinch salt
2

Pastry
Bread

Method

Follow the method for shortcrust pastry (above) but add the sugar after rubbing in the fat. Mix to a firm dough with the egg yolk and a little water. Allow to ‘rest’ in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before using.