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Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)

This is for sweet or savoury tarts, quiches or pies. The difference between this and sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) is in the very small amount of sugar and the absence of ground almonds.

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Last modified on: November 12^th 2018

For 900 g, you will need:

1 500 g flour
2 350 g butter
3 2 eggs
4 20 g caster sugar
5 5 g fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 975 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) : Photo of step #1

In the food processor bowl, pour 2 eggs, 5 g fine (or table) salt and 20 g caster sugar.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

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Add 350 g butter, cut in small pieces.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

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Then 500 g flour.

Stage 4

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Switch on the food processor to knead.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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Stop food processor as soon as dough is just mixed, 3-4 minutes maximum, and if necessary finish mixing with your hands.

Shortcrust pastry should be worked as little as possible, and it doesn't matter if there are still a few pieces of butter in the dough.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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Cut dough into pieces of about 300g.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

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Make balls, then thick circles, and wrap them in plastic film.

Contrary to a very common idea, you should not keep the pastry in a ball, because it becomes hard, and then it's difficult to roll out.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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Write on weight and date and store in the fridge until use, at least overnight if possible.

You can also freeze this dough easily.

Remarks

If you freeze it, let it thaw slowly overnight in the fridge.

If you make this dough for a savoury tart, omit the sugar.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 900 g : 10.02 €

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Source

After Gaston Lenôtre.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oatmeal cake, Craquelin (sweet cracker dough), Natural leaven, Doughnuts, Spring veal sauté , ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Harvest Gratin, Tarte Normande, Flaky brownie brioche, Breton Sandwich, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nonettes, Almond tuiles, Kugelhof for Nanou, Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Flaky chocolate brioche, ... All
	Fine (or table) salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crackers, Tomatoes Provençal, Tomato ladybirds, Rabbit terrine, Chestnut moelleux, ... All

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Your 2 comments or questions on this recipe

I am in the US, can someone please translate what is caster sugar? Is that the same thing as granulated sugar?
Posted by Brittany november 18^th 2011 at 06:53 (n° 1)
Glad I found this site. Like your clear explanation and great tips. The photos are great as they really help memorise the process thus saving time and stress. Thanks
Posted by Pete september 7^th 2012 at 11:12 (n° 2)

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