Prebaked Tart Pastry

Name: Prebaked Tart Pastry (Pasta Quebrada)
Yield: Makes one 9-inch tart shell
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1½ cups all-purpose flour; ⅔ cup confectioners’ sugar; 1 medium-size pinch of salt; 10 tablespoons (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces; 1 large egg yolk beaten with 2 tablespoons chilled heavy (whipping) cream; 1 large egg yolk beaten with 2 tablespoons chilled heavy (whipping) cream; 1 tablespoon ice water, if needed

Pasta Quebrada

Preparation info

Makes
one
9 inch tart shell

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Spanish Table

By Anya von Bremzen

Published 2005

About

This basic pastry suits all manner of tarts, including the one, filled surprisingly with blue cheese.

Ingredients

1½ cups all-purpose flour
⅔ cup confectioners’ sugar
1 medium-size

Europe
Spain
Dessert
Mediterranean
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Place the flour, confectioners’ sugar, and salt in a food processor and pulse 5 or 6 times, just to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
Transfer the flour mixture to a bowl and, using two forks, stir in the egg yolk mixture until it is evenly distributed. Pinch a piece of dough between your fingers. If it doesn’t hold toge