How to Prepare Delicious Short Crust Pastry / Tart shells

Short Crust Pastry / Tart shells. Basic pastry technique to make tarts. Today I will do this without food processor. There are three different pie crusts: Pate Brisee(shortcrust And today I am making shortcrust pastry because I am making a tart tomorrow. :) Shortcrust Pastry - Tart Shell - Pie.

This is my FAIL-SAFE Shortcrust Pastry recipe, plus a demo on how to 'Blind Bake' at tart or pie shell. Shortcrust pastry is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche or pie. Shortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie. You can have Short Crust Pastry / Tart shells using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Short Crust Pastry / Tart shells

1. You need 225 grams of All-purpose flour.
2. You need 150 grms of very cold butter.
3. It's 2 tbls of icing sugar.
4. Prepare 2-3 tbls of ice cold water.
5. You need Pinch of salt.

Shortcrust pastry recipes usually call for twice as much flour as fat by weight. Homemade mini tarts make impressive bite-size desserts. Perfect Tart Crust: buttery, just a little sweet, and tender as can be. This easy-to-make, basic dough will complement any kind of filling!

Short Crust Pastry / Tart shells instructions

1. Mix flour, icing sugar, salt with cold butter cubes. Mix with finger tips to make the crumbly, if needed add iced cold water (i am using just a tbls for binding the dough). Make a dough ball and wrap it with cing film press it to make a square shape dough. Keep in fridge for 30 minutes..
2. After 30 Minutes dust some flour and roll the pastry dough, ½ inch thick dough cut with any round cutter, (i have tart moulds but i do prefer to make them without moulds) and place the cut pastry dough sheet on back of the cupcakes tray set them lightly..
3. Bake them in oven for about 30 to 35 Minutes at 190° F. Enjoy these tart shells with any filling..

Fall is in full swing You can fill a tart crust in so many delicious ways! But the pastry dough is step one. Sift the flour and salt into a dish or food processor. Cut the butter into cubes and add to the bowl or food processor. If using a food processor, pulse the butter and flour together until the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs.