How To Make The Best Ever Flaky Shortcrust Pastry
Servings: 1 large quiche
Calories: 1668kcal
Ingredients
- Rolling Pin
- 225 g Plain Flour
- 100 g Butter
- 15 ml Olive Oil
- 1 Tsp Parsley optional
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Place the flour, seasoning and butter into a large mixing bowl. Using the rubbing in method rub the fat into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the olive oil and mix well.
- Now add a small amount of water and mix the ingredients with your hands. Get your hands involved and start kneading it and adding a tiny bit of water at a time until the dough only just sticks together. You don’t want too much water in it as it will stop that lovely pastry feeling. In other words you are creating dough that is slightly dry. Also if you want really flaky pastries (say if you’re making sausage rolls) then double the olive oil and then use less water.
- Knead the dough for a few minutes with your hands so that it is nice and smooth and then roll out and use as you require.
Notes
I don’t blind bake it and I doubt I ever will. It is the tradition to do this in some countries but I find it is lovely as it is and with food with it that needs cooking you can get a lovely joint flavour.
If you are looking for sweet shortcrust pastries just add 30g of white sugar or 3tbsp of honey to achieve this.
You’ll notice that parsley is an optional ingredient. This is because I add it if I am doing a pie or something that you want an extra flavour to such as chicken pie.
Nutrition
Calories: 1668kcal | Carbohydrates: 171g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 98g | Saturated Fat: 53g | Cholesterol: 215mg | Sodium: 718mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 2500IU | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 10.4mg
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