Name: Dessert Pastry - Mums Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 165 g Plain Flour (plus extra for dusting); 25 g ground almonds; 120 g unsalted butter (cold and cubed); 55 g caster sugar; 1 egg (medium)

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Dessert Pastry - Mums Recipe

Easy way to make your favourite sweet pastry

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Dessert

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Servings: portion

Calories: 453kcal

Ingredients

165 g Plain Flour plus extra for dusting
25 g ground almonds
120 g unsalted butter cold and cubed
55 g caster sugar
1 egg medium

Instructions

Stir in the flour and ground almonds together in a large bowl, then add the butter and rub in your fingertips until the mixture looks like crumbs.
Stir in the sugar.
Break in the egg and work into the mixture with your fingers, breaking it together to form a soft dough.
Tip the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and shape it into a ball. Chill for at least 2 hours before using.