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List of ingredients for Homemade shortcrust pastry


* 250 g Plain flour, sifted
* ¼ teaspoon icing sugar
* 6 g Salt
* 125 g cold Butter, cut into small chunks and chilled
* About 75 ml iced water

===Method===
* Mix the Flour with the icing sugar and Salt in a bowl and add the chunks of Butter.
* If making the Pastry manually, cut the Butter into the Flour with cold scissors, until the mixture is like fine Breadcrumbs.
* To ensure that the Butter has been sufficiently incorporated, shake the bowl back and forth. Any large lumps will come to the surface and you can cut them in again.
* Add the cold water, not all at once, stirring with a fork to mix it in.
* Keep adding the water until you can form the mixture into a compact and non sticky ball, which will hold together.
* Wrap in cling-film and place in the Fridge for half-an-hour before use.
* This can be made in a Food processor, in which case process the Flour, Salt and Butter together, using the pulse setting. Slowly add the water and the mixture should automatically form itself into a ball when enough water has been added. Do not over-process though, as it will make the mixture too warm. A stand mixer, if you have one, would be better than using a Food processor.

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