Easy Shortcrust Pastry
Our Easy Shortcrust Pastry (called pâte brisée in French) can be utilized for so many different dishes, from sweet to savory! Did we mention it's ultra-easy? It is, in less than 10 minutes your pastry dough will be chilling in the fridge.
Servings 292 grams
Ingredients
- 1 ample cup (145 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher sea salt finely ground
- 1/2 cup 1 stick (120 grams) butter FROZEN unsalted
- 2-4 Tablespoons water ICE COLD
Instructions
Pastry
- Put flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Add frozen butter and quickly blitz the flour mixture until it resembles a coarse meal.
- Add ice water a tablespoon at a time and blitz briefly, about 30 seconds, to form a soft dough.
- Remove dough, shape into a thick disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. Bring to cool room temperature before rolling.
Rolling
- Once the dough has chilled at least 30 minutes, remove it from the fridge and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Lightly flour dough and counter, roll out gradually, periodically letting dough rest for a moment before continuing. This makes rolling easier and will keep dough from shrinking back during baking.
Notes
- Prep time is approximate.
- Shortcrust Pastry can be made a day ahead, just be sure to wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and leave i chilling in the fridge.