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Sweet pastry

Name: Sweet pastry
Prep time: 13 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 1 kg 50 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 120 g egg; 500 g flour; 200 g butter; 250 g icing sugar; 5 g fine (or table) salt

This sweet pastry is one of the basics of French pâtisserie, just like shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) and sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée). It is less rich in butter, so less "short" but crisper, it can be used in all tart recipes, or for any other pastry-based desserts.

72 K 3.5/5 (2 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

3.10 €

1 kg 50 g

5 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 27^th 2018

For 1 kg 50 g, you will need:

1 120 g egg ( How to... )
2 500 g flour
3 200 g butter
4 250 g icing sugar
5 5 g fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 1,075 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Weigh 120 g egg, then whisk briefly until liquid.

Note: once liquid, it is easier to adjust the weight more precisely if necessary. Use up any egg left over for glazing.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 500 g flour, 200 g butter cut into small pieces, 250 g icing sugar and 5 g fine (or table) salt.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Mix together on medium speed until it makes a grainy dough.

Stage 4

Stop as soon as it reaches this consistency.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Start the mixer again and pour in the egg in a thin stream.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Stop kneading as soon as the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 7

Weigh out the dough into pieces of 8 to 10 oz (250 to 300 grams), shape into balls, then into flat "cakes" and wrap these in plastic film.

Refrigerate until needed, or freeze.

Remarks

Sweet pastry can be used the day it is made. It just needs to rest in the fridge for 1 hour beforehand.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film.

Source: Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	60 RDI=20 %	620 RDI=60 %	190 RDI=30 %	4,400 RDI=220 %	18,410 RDI: 220 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	60 RDI=5 %	20 RDI=3 %	410 RDI=20 %	1,710 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Gluten, milk

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 50 g : 3.15 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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