Sweet Pastry
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This is a useful and versatile pastry that can be used for all manner of desserts and sweet things.
Ingredients
- 125g unsalted butter
- 90g caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 250g plain flour
Preparation Time: 10 minutes (+30 minutes chilling)
Cooking Time: n/a
Serves: n/a
Method
- Thoroughly mix together the sugar and softened butter. Then add the egg and egg yolk.
- Stir the egg in until it forms a paste, then sieve in the flour and salt and then stir it all together until it forms a dough. Then take the dough out of the bowl and shape it into a ball.
- Press the ball of dough into a disk shape and wrap it with cling-film/plastic-wrap. Place it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to firm up.
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Useful Information
Can it be frozen? Yes.
Can it be prepared in advance? Yes, it can be finished up to 3 days in advance.
Will leftovers be nice? Erm, not really... it's raw pastry.
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