Sugar Crust

This is a sugar crust known as pâte sablée used in French dessert tarts.

Ingredients

  • 180 g (1 1/3 cup) all-purpose flour
  • 95 g (7 tbs) butter
  • 75 g (3 tbs) sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Steps

  1. Add flour, sugar, and butter to a food processor and process until sandy. Add egg and vanilla and process until it comes together.
  2. Form into a cohesive disk and refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 375 °F. Roll out pastry and line a 9-inch tart pan.
  4. Line shell with foil and weight with beans or pie weights. Blind-bake until set, about 10 minutes. Remove the lining, prick bottom of shell well, and continue to bake until it begins to shrink from the pan, about 10 minutes.
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