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Shortcrust Pastry

A basic, versatile shortcrust pastry made with cold butter and water for pies and galettes.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 300 g
Course: Dough basics
Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients
  

  • 200 g flour
  • 100 g butter cold
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 4 tbsp water cold

Method
 

  1. Sift the flour with the salt into a bowl, add the cold butter cut into pieces and cut it in with a knife until it forms fine crumbs.
  2. Pour in the cold water and knead the dough.
  3. Gather the dough into a ball. For a flakier structure, chill it in the fridge for an hour; otherwise you can roll it out right away.