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Cheesy Short Crust Pastry

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of flour 150 grams
  • ¼ teaspoon of salt
  • 80 grams of cold butter
  • 80 grams of tasty cheese
  • 4-5 tablespoon of cold water

Instructions

  • This recipe will fit a rectangular tart dish 36x13cm or a circular pan/dish with a diameter of 20CM
  • Begin by grating the butter and cheese.
  • Place the flour, salt, butter and cheese into your cake mixer with the dough attachment or kitchen whizz. Alternatively your could rub the ingredients with clean hands.
  • Add 4 tablespoons of cold water to the dough and use your hands to bring it together to form a ball. Add another tablespoon of water if it is a little crumbly.
  • Wrap and chill the dough for 5 minutes before rolling out.
  • At this stage you can wrap your dough and freeze it for another day. Or place it in the fridge for the next day. Which ever your choose - make sure that you bring your dough out in advance before rolling (you want it firm and malleable like clay - not soft like play dough).
  • Preheat your oven to 200 degrees fanbake.
  • Pat the dough down (into a rectangular shape), pinching along any cracks to make smooth edges.
  • Flour your bench surface. Use a rolling pin to roll out into a long rectangular shape until the pastry is 3mm (ish) thick.
  • Place in your tart dish making sure to cover the sides too. It’s a forgiving pastry and if you have a gap, simply take any excess and patch the gaps.
  • Prick the bottom with a fork and leave on your bench for five minutes for the pastry to relax.
  • Bake in your hot oven for 5 minutes.
  • Take out . . . Now use it for what ever you like . . .