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Shortcrust Pastry

Shortcrust Pastry Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table butter, without salt water, bottled, generic Directions: Sift 6 oz (175g) all-purpose flour and a pinch of salt into a large bowl....

Shortcrust Pastry

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
butter, without salt
water, bottled, generic

Directions:
Sift 6 oz (175g) all-purpose flour and a pinch of salt into a large bowl.
Add 3 oz (85g) chilled, diced butter or margarine.
Lightly stir the butter to coat in the flour.
Quickly and lightly rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
Sprinkle in 2 tbsp iced water.
Stir genty to mix.
Use your fingertips to gather the pastry and roll int around to form a ball, handling it as little as possible.
Wrap the pastry ball in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before using.