Cheddar shortcrust pastry

This is a lovely crisp pastry, perfect for meat pies or quiches and now I use nothing else now due to protests from my hubby!

Cheddar shortcrust pastry

Servings:	Serves 4 - makes about 600g
Calories per serving:	1059
Ready in:	15 minutes
Prep. time:	15 minutes
Cook time:	None
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	5th April 2013

Best recipe review Makes great savouries 5/5 This makes such a difference to savoury pastries and is such a simple idea. Paul R Smith

Ingredients

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• 500g Plain flour
• 250g Butter
• 125g Mature Cheddar (yellow)
• 3-5tbsp cold water
• extra flour for dusting

Mise en place

• Food processor with plastic blade required

Method

1. Sieve flour, cut butter into 1cm cubes and grate cheddar.
2. Add everything to food processor and pulse until mixed into chucky crumbs.
3. Add water one tablespoon at a time and pulse food processor until ball of dough is formed.
4. Use immediately or freeze for future use

Serving suggestions

This makes 6 individual pie crusts and lids or 2x quiche crusts or 1x large pie crust and lid

Chef's notes

Using a orange coloured cheese will make the cheese noticeable in the pastry

See also

• Asparagus and broccoli flan
• Basic quiche case
• Bean and roasted red pepper flan
• Crayfish chili quiche
• Egg and bacon quiche
• Frankfurter quiche
• Kidney flan
• Prawn 'n' Pepsi flan
• Quiche Lorraine
• Smoked salmon quiche
• Spicy kidney flan
• Three cheese quiche
• Spicy three cheese flan with sesame seeds

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