Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, very basic shortcrust pastry. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have very basic shortcrust pastry using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Prepare flour
2. Make ready Salt, a pinch of
3. Make ready butter, cubed
4. Get water

Instructions to make Very Basic Shortcrust Pastry:

1. Put all the ingredients except water into a quite large bowl. I didn't add much butter as the other recipes do. I like a light pastry. The more butter, the less water.
2. Use your fingertips and thumb to rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Add in enough cold water (if the dough is still dry, add only a table spoon of water at a time) to bind the dough together. Knead it briefly and gently on a floured surface.
4. Lightly dust the pin with flour and rest it on the centre of the dough. Then rolling to a shape as you like.
5. After you mastered this technique, you can make any pastry. Just change the ratio of ingredients. I will show you more recipes later.

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