SWEETENED PASTRY DOUGH – PATE SABLEE

 

 

 

This sweetened pastry dough is ideal to make wonderful fruit tarts, such as strawberry, raspberry, blueberry or choose your favorite fruit! You can also use it to make some cookies. Enjoy!

 

5 ¼ oz. butter, softened and cut into pieces

2 5/8 oz. sugar

1 ¼ tsp vanilla sugar

1 pinch of salt

1 ¾ oz. almond powder

8 ¾ oz. all-purpose flour

1 egg

1 tsp water

 

Attach the dough hook to the mixer and place the butter, sugars, salt, almond powder and flour in the bowl of the mixer. Mix 1 minute.

Add the egg and 1 tsp of water and mix about 2-3 minutes or until the dough clings to the hook and holds together.

Flatten the dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic. Refrigerate overnight.

You can keep this pastry dough up to 5 days in your refrigerator or you can freeze it.

When using the pastry dough, roll it on a lightly floured working surface and prick the dough with a fork before baking.

Bake the pastry dough at 430 F. for about 30 minutes.

 

Bon Appetit!