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Shortcrust Pastry

Shortcrust Pastry Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched butter, without salt lard salt, table Directions: Sieve flour and salt into mixing bowl. Cut fat into small pieces, rub into flour with finger...

Shortcrust Pastry

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
butter, without salt
lard
salt, table

Directions:
Sieve flour and salt into mixing bowl.
Cut fat into small pieces, rub into flour with finger tips and thumbs until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
Mix in as little cold water as possible using knife blade to form stiff dough.
Cover with clingwrap and let rest in fridge for 1/2 hour.
Flour pastry board lightly and turn pastry out onto it .
Knead slightly.
Roll out with slightly floured rolling pin to apox 0.5 thickness, shape to dish.