Sweetcrust Pastry

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Sweetcrust Pastry

Serves Enough to line and top 9

Ingredients

  • 350g Plain Flour
  • 175g Unsalted Butter
  • 100g Icing Sugar
  • 1 Large Free-range Egg
  • 1 teaspoon Distilled Vinegar
  • Milk (or water)

Directions

1. Sift together the flour and icing sugar
2. Rub in the cold butter until it resembles breadcrumbs
3. Make a well in the centre and add the beaten egg and vinegar
4. Add milk, a teaspoon at a time, just as much as needed to form the mixture into a smooth but not sticky dough
5. Press the dough into a disc and wrap in cling film then chill for 1 hour

Note

This recipe freezes very well, so feel free to make double, or treble. Wrap in clingfilm, then place in a freezer or ziplock bag.

You cant taste the vinegar, but it makes for a more tender flaky crust.

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