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Perfect Shortcrust Pastry

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Welcome to perfect Shortcrust

  • How this course will work
  • How to contact us if you need help

What do you need to make shortcrust pastry?

  • What equipment do you need?2
  • Basic Pastry Ingredients

Pastry Types

  • There are many pastry types:
  • Sweet shortcrust
  • Savoury Shortcrust
  • Overview of making Shortcrust dough
  • By-Hand Method will help you understand
  • Downloadable Recipe Worksheet: Savoury and Sweet Shortcrust

Important things to know:

  • What does ‘light touch’ and ‘keep it cool’ really mean?
  • Chilling and Storage of your Shortcrust
  • Keep it Chilled:
  • Video: What happens when you mix flour and water
  • Video: Important tips on pastry

Start Here: Lesson 1: Easy Mini Tarts

  • Lesson 1: Mini Tarts (Jam Tarts)
  • Lesson 1: Recipe Worksheet Jam Tarts Download
  • Video: Lesson 1, Bec's easy method for making Mini Tarts

Lesson 2: How to line a pastry tin Bec's easy way.

  • Lesson 2: Lining a tart tin the easy way.
  • Video: Lesson 2, Lining your tart tin the Bec's easy way

Lesson 3: No need to blind bake tarts

  • Recipes that don't need to be blind baked:
  • Ideas for toppings and fillings for Frangipane tarts or Sand Tart
  • Recipe Download: Orange Frangipane Tart
  • Recipe Download: Pear Almond Tart
  • Recipe Download: Raspberry Frangipane Tart
  • Recipe Download: Recipe for making Glace Orange Slices
  • Recipe Download: Tarte l'amour (Sand Tart)

Lesson 4: Blind Baking made easy

  • Lesson 4: To blind bake or not to blind bake?
  • Video: Lesson 4, How Blind Bake With Bec's Tips

Lesson 5: Baking custard fillings

  • Bec's Quiche and Custard fillings tips
  • How to blind bake and bake off a custard filled tart
  • Recipe Download: Malted Chocolate Tart
  • Recipe Download: Egg Custard Tart
  • Recipe Download: Bec's Easy Quiche

Wrap Up of Shortcrust Pasty course

  • Troubleshooting - Shortcrust Pastry Faults
  • What have you learnt in this course?
  • Want to check your knowledge?: Quiz
  • We'd love your feedback