Shortcrust Pastry, the Original Recipe

Name: Shortcrust Pastry, the Original Recipe
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 pack of 4 Fresh Eggs; 300 g of flour; 150 g of granulated sugar; 150 g of butter; Half a lemon; 1 pinch of salt

Here is the original and easy recipe to prepare a dream shortcrust pastry!

1 pack of 4 Fresh Eggs

300 g of flour

150 g of granulated sugar

150 g of butter

Half a lemon

1 pinch of salt

Description

The shortcrust pastry is one of those basic ingredients to create recipes of all kinds, from fruit tarts, through those with jam, to cream and chocolate. With the original recipe of shortcrust pastry, you can also prepare perfect cookies for all occasions, for this reason following it will allow you not to make mistakes and to try your hand at creating one of the most popular and at the same time easiest preparations to make.

4 Fresh Organic Life Eggs

Procedure

On a pastry board put the flour making a fountain: inside it pour the sugar, the grated zest of half a lemon and the salt. Later cut the butter into small pieces and pour it where all the other ingredients are.

The precaution you absolutely must have is to use the cold butter from the fridge and not at room temperature: this is the real secret for a perfect shortcrust pastry! Start working the mixture using only the tips of your fingers, then add two yolks and an egg and continue to mix all the ingredients forcefully until you create a homogeneous dough.

Once the dough is formed, wrap it in cling film and let it rest in the refrigerator for thirty minutes. After this time your shortcrust pastry will be perfect to be used in excellent sweet recipes.

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Suggestions

For example, you could try cooking an Orange and Chocolate Tart: a very simple recipe, but at the same time unusual and sophisticated that will allow you to make a great impression if you have guests at home. If you love the classic taste of cream, you can't help but prepare a tart with the original custard: to cook it follow all our advice and let yourself be captured by an irresistible sweetness.