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Sweet Pastry
A simple sweet pastry is sure to become a family favourite. Incredibly versatile, use this recipe for making pies, tarts and so much more.
Yield: Makes enough dough for a 10 inch tart.
December 07, 2020
Sweet Pastry
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup salted butter, chilled and cubed
Directions
- Whisk together cream and egg yolk until pale yellow in colour; set aside.
- Place flour and sugar in a food processor; process to combine. Add butter and process, using an on/off motion, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cream mixture and process, using an on/off motion, just until dough starts to come together.
- Gather dough into a ball. Flatten dough into a disc shape. Wrap disc with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour before rolling out.
Nutritional analysis per serving:
162 calories, 10 g fat, 2 g protein, 16.3 g carbohydrate, 0.4 g fibre, 64 mg sodium
Related Recipe: Try this recipe with our Ricotta Tart with Apricot Compote.
Tip: Using chilled butter is essential to achieving perfect, flakey dough. The dispersed pieces of chilled butter melt while baking creating tender, flakey layers in your crust.