Short Crust

Ingredients

• 6 oz. of flour
• 4 oz. of butter
• 1 oz. of castor sugar
• Yolk of 1 egg
• Salt
• A teaspoonful of lemon juice
• a large tablespoonful of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour and butter until crumbly.

2. 2

   Add sugar, then make a well and add egg yolk, salt, lemon juice, and cold water.

3. 3

   Mix into a stiff paste, knead lightly, roll out to desired thickness, and use for tarts.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SHORT CRUST. Average cost of " Short Crust" (to cover a pint and a half pie dish.) INGREDIENTS. d. 6 oz. of flour 4 oz. of butter 4 1 1 oz. of castor sugar Yolk of 1 egg Salt , A teaspoonful of lemon juice 0| Time required, about an hour. Now we will show you how to make Short Crust. 1. We take six ounces of flour and four ounces of butter. 2. We put these on a clean board, and mix them well together, rubbing them lightly with our hands until there are no lumps of butter left, and the flour and butter resemble sifted bread crumbs. 3. We take a large tab lespoonful of castor sugar. 4. We mix the sugar well into the bitttered flour. 5. We heap it on the board, making a well in the centre. 6. We take the yolk of one egg and place it in the well. 7. We sprinkle a quarter of a saltspoonful of salt over the egg. 8. We add a teaspoonful of lemon juice. 9. We add a large tablespoonful of cold water

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