Superior Short Crust

Ingredients

• 5 oz. of butter
• 1 lb. of Vienna flour
• yolk of 1 egg
• 1 oz. of castor sugar

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter lightly into the flour, then add the castor sugar; make a well in the centre and mix with the yolk of egg, adding as little water as possible.

2. 2

   Roll this pastry only out once.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 oz. of castor sugar, J teaspoon¬ ful of baking powder. Rub the butter and lard GAS COOKERY BOOK. 157 lightly into the flour; then add the baking powder and castor sugar, and mix into a stiff paste with cold water. Roll this out once and it is ready for use. Suet Crust. — Ingredients : 1 lb. of flour, 6 oz. of suet, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, cold water. Shred and chop the suet finely and put it into a basin. 1 hen pass the flour and baking powder through a sieve on to it. Mix all to a stiff, smooth paste with a little cold water, and roll out once. For a richer crust use i lb. of suet, and if for a meat pudding add a pinch of salt. & Superior Short Crust. — Ingredients : 5 oz. of butter, J lb. of Vienna flour, yolk of 1 egg

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.