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Sweet pastry

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.

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For 350 g, you will need:

1 40 g Egg ( How to... )
2 167 g flour
3 67 g butter
4 83 g icing sugar
5 2 g fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 359 grams

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How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
13 min.	13 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Weigh 40 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: 167 g flour, 67 g butter cut into small pieces, 83 g icing sugar and 2 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,468 Kcal or 6,146 Kj	20 gr	207 gr	62 gr
73 %	8 %	20 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
409 Kcal or 1,712 Kj	6 gr	58 gr	17 gr
20 %	2 %	5 %	3 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 350 g : 1.04 €

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