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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Grade this recipe: Last modified on: June 27th 2018
For 1 kg 100 g, you will need:
- 0
120 g egg - 1
550 g flour - 2
215 g butter - 3
270 g icing sugar - 4
5 g fine (or table) salt - Total weight: 1,160 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 13 min. | 13 min. |
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, wrapped in plastic film.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Put into a food-mixer bowl: 550 g flour, 215 g butter cut into small pieces, 270 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.
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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,763 Kcal or 19,942 Kj | 66 gr | 677 gr | 199 gr |
| 238 % | 25 % | 64 % | 30 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 411 Kcal or 1,721 Kj | 6 gr | 58 gr | 17 gr |
| 21 % | 2 % | 6 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 kg 100 g : 3.33 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
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Lime meringue tart
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Source
Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jam doughnuts, Flaky chocolate brioche, Fish fillet with preserved lemons, Oaty walnut cake , Franche-Comté sticks, ... All |
| Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oat financiers for Louise, Moist Lemon Cake, Diamond biscuits, Swiss meringues, Coconut paste, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jam doughnuts, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Harvest Gratin, ... All |
| Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach Omelette, Pistachio tiramisu, Buckwheat almond biscuits, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), Deep leek and potato quiche, ... All |
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