Shortcrust pastry recipe is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche or pie. This recipe can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie.

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Why l love to make this recipe?

– It is easy and you don’t need kithchen robot you can use your hands.

-It is fast you need only 20 minutes, 10 to make the dough and 10 to put in the pan. Add only cook time.

-It is great to make when you need to bring dessert somewhere.

-The dough is great to make tart, pie or cookies

This is an easy basic recipe in the Italian traditions. Every family has his special tips. This is my mom recipe. We made this for years and l m always happy about the result.

Ingredients

4 cup flour (500g)
1 cup white sugar (200)
4 yolk
1 cup butter or two sticks ( 250g)

2 tsp aroma flavour
( Lemon or vanilla)

Put the flour in a bowl make a hole in the center with your hands and add the other ingredients in the middle. Start to work the dough a little at a time until it becomes uniform. Let it rest covered for about 30 minutes in the refrigeretor.
Put butter on the baking pan that you like you use. 10 inch size suggest. Put the dough in the pan and spread equal around, add marmelade of the flavour you like and same fruit, make decor with left dough. Cook for 45 minutes at 360 F.

Shortcrust pastry recipe can be kept in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Alternatively, it can be frozen for a maximum of 1 month.

Rating: 5 out of 5.