Sweet Pastry

When sugar is added to pastry, it produces a crisper pastry that is similar to shortcrust. This is quite a resistant and versatile pastry to use when making desserts or sweet things. As with the other pastries, work quickly to stop the glutens from developing, ensure all ingredients are of the same temperature to prevent shrinkage and rest the pastry in the refrigerator between making, rolling and baking. I usually bake it blind before filling it. This pastry will yield 6 individual tart ca