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Easy as Pie - Shortcrust Pastry
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Easy as Pie - Shortcrust Pastry

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Cuisine: EnglishMain Ingredient: Dough

(5, 2) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Ingredients

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Original recipe makes 1
500 mililiterCake flour
2 mililiterSalt
190 gramsButter; cold
1 eachEgg yolk
20 millilitersWater; ice cold
5 mililiterLemon juice

Easy as Pie - Shortcrust Pastry Preparation

1. Sift together the flour and salt. Rub butter into the flour with fingertips until the mixture resembles course breadcrumbs.

2. Mix egg yolk, water and lemon juice into the flour mixture to form a stiff dough. Knead until the dough comes together and is smooth.

3. Wrap in plastic wrap and refigerate until ready to use.

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Calories Per Serving: 1479
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Easy as Pie - Shortcrust Pastry Reviews

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I use this recipe now and always will so easy.
2 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, 20 hours, 57 minutes ago
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6 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Winter
  2. Thanksgiving
  3. Summer
  4. Spring
  5. Fall
  6. Christmas
  7. No Cook
  8. Desserts
  9. English
  10. Dough
  11. Buttery

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