Flaky Pastry

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recipe by Drop www.getdrop.com

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    1
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    2440
based on 3 ratings

This delicate flaky pastry makes the perfect base for quiches or meat and vegetable pies. Can be used fresh or frozen for another time.

recipe updated Jul 5, 2018

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    380g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    4g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    145g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    50g
  • Water icon
    Water
    60ml

Tools

  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Get a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Add all purpose flour
  3. Add salt
  4. Add cold, cubed unsalted butter
  5. Rub in until coarse crumbs form
  6. Retrieve large mixing bowl
  7. Add egg
  8. Add water
  9. Mix gently until mixture comes together
  10. Wrap with plastic wrap
  11. Chill in fridge for approx 1h
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