Name: Basic French Short-Crust Pastry for Apple Tart (Pâte à Tarte)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: For one 9-inch Tart
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Salt (1 tsp); All-purpose flour (1¾ cups, after sifting); White granulated sugar (¼ cup); Egg (1); Sweet butter (5 Tb)

Preparation info

For
one 9 inch
Tart

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth

By Roy Andries De Groot

Published 1973

About

Ingredients

Staple Items

Sweet butter (5 Tb)
Egg (1)
White granulated sugar (¼

Method

The technique of mixing this dough with the tips of the fingers and of kneading it with the heel of the hand is exactly the same as described for Pâté à Foncer. When it hangs together enough to make a ball, wrap in wax paper and rest in refrigerator for about 4 hours. Then roll out about 14 inch thick, as required by main recipe above.