If you occasionally like to treat your family to sweet pastries, then you should have a good shortcrust pastry recipe on hand.
In this case, you can simply experiment with fillings to make the diet as varied and interesting as possible.
Making quality shortcrust pastry is not that difficult, says Yulia Arkhipova, an expert on culinary issues at the BelNovosti online publication.
How to Make Great Pie Dough
List of required ingredients
- a glass of the most ordinary flour;
- about one hundred grams of butter;
- about fifty grams of sugar;
- three spoons of water (as cold as possible);
- one egg and a little salt (a pinch is enough).
Method of preparation
All experienced housewives know that flour must first be sifted thoroughly. In this case, the dough will be the most successful and high-quality.
Afterwards, prepare the surface for work and lay out the specified amount of flour.
Next, take the butter and pass it through a grater. To make this process easier, you can keep the product in the freezer beforehand.
Combine butter with flour. Transfer to a bowl. Add salt and sugar. Then add the egg and begin mixing until smooth.
Pour in ice water and stir again.
We form a circle from our workpiece, hide it under the film and wait for 60 minutes. All this time it is better for the dough to be in the refrigerator.
Previously, we talked about the mistakes that can ruin mashed potatoes .
Expert: Julia Arkhipova
