Basic Shortcrust Pastry Recipe

I do often cheat and buy ready rolled pastry just for ease and laziness really, but on the occassion I do decide to get my hands messy and make pastry, this is the recipe I use...

Ingredients:
225g Wholemeal Flour
100g Butter, cut up into little bits
Pinch of salt

1. Put all the ingredients into a bowl and start rubbing the flour into the butter with your fingertips... it will take a little while but will soon come together to look like breadcrumbs

2. Add a tbsp of water into the dough if needed and start kneading and pressing it together, wrap it in cling film and place in the fridge (if made in advance) otherwise just flour your surface and rolling pin and use as normal.


Tips:

• If more is needed just remember that its half butter to flour.
• If too much water is added the pastry will be hard
• For best results use cold butter