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Shortcrust Pastry, Basic Eggless Shortcrust Pastry
Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024
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While making crusts, take care not to knead the dough too much as the crumbly texture will be lost and you will end-up with a bread-like texture.
We have used this crust to make Vegetable Stew On A Shortcrust Pastry and Mixed Vegetable Pie .
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Preparation Time
10 Mins
Cooking Time
20 Mins
Total Time
30 Mins
Makes
1 pastry (6”).
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
3/4 cup plain flour (maida)
1/4 cup butter
2 pinches salt
Method
- Sieve the flour. Add the butter and salt and rub in with your fingertips.
- Add about 1 tbsp of ice-cold water to make a dough
- Roll out the dough to about 3 mm. Thickness.
- Arrange the rolled out dough in a greased 150 mm. (6”) diameter pie dish.
- Press the dough into pie dish and prick with a fork on the bottom and sides.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) for 15 minutes.
- Do not remove from pie dish. Use as required.
- Use the crust with the pie dish on as the crust needs to be baked again after putting the topping.
Shortcrust Pastry, Basic Eggless Shortcrust Pastry recipe with step by step photos
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
| Energy | 592 cal |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 60.6 g |
| Fiber | 0.2 g |
| Fat | 34.8 g |
| Cholesterol | 105 mg |
| Sodium | 354.5 mg |
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Payal Parikh 86
March 13, 2025, midnight
This Recipe is a perfect basic recipe, it can be used to put any type of filling inside. I make this little in advance and keep it, cool it completely and then store in an air-tight container for a few hours.
