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Looking for shortcrust pastry ideas? You’ve come to the right place. Our love of pastry knows no bounds, and here we’ve rounded up a delicious selection of our best pie, tart and quiche recipes using both homemade and ready-made shortcrust pastry. Plus, of course, there’s a recipe to make your own shortcrust pastry from scratch, because there’s nothing quite like making homemade pastry to relax the mind, if you ask us. Mastering shortcrust ensures a crumbly texture and satisfying bite, with that all-important buttery flavour.
If it’s desserts you’re after, our most popular shortcrust pastry ideas include the ultimate Bakewell tart, a gorgeously pink rhubarb and custard tart, and Raymond Blanc’s classic lemon tart zinging with citrus flavour. But there’s so much more to explore too.
Savoury fans WILL be in heaven with the perfect quiche lorraine, a generously filled chicken pie and our unabashedly indulgent dauphinois pie topped with golden shortcrust pastry. Butter, it’s just good!
When it comes to finishing your shortcrust pastry bakes, discover our top tips for egg washing for perfectly burnished pastry lids. Finishing touches make all the difference, after all.
Find plenty of filo pastry recipes and puff pastry recipes in our collections, too.
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Gooseberry tart is wonderful as is, but when white chocolate is added to the mix – it’s a bonafide winner....
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This pretty, versatile galette celebrates all of late spring and early summer’s culinary heroes – and it’s ready in 30...
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This is the only flaky pastry recipe you’ll ever need. Sitting in the sweet spot between easy shortcrust and challenging...
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One bite of a home-made shortcrust pastry mince pie and you’ll never want to buy them again. Now you’ve nailed...
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It’s a double carb love affair – creamy dauphinois potatoes meet moreish, cheese pastry. Serve this knockout dauphinois potato and...
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A proper bakewell tart recipe, as it should be, with crisp sweet shortcrust pastry, a layer of strawberry jam, a...
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Try this easier-than-it-looks tart recipe for dinner then save the leftovers for lunch the next day.
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This beef pie recipe has been adapted from food writer Hannah Glasse’s cookbook, published in 1747. The recipe has been...
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Our best apple pie recipe is inspired by Edith Nesbit‘s The Railway Children in which the children eat it cold...
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A wonderful cherry tart recipe, originating from the village of Ripe in Sussex, made with shortcrust pastry, an almond frangipane...
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Melt-in-the-mouth pastry, sweet-sharp filling and billowing top – this lemon meringue pie recipe is hard to beat, and will feed...
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This tart really showcases the amazing summery flavours of tomatoes – perfect for a languid lunch or light supper.
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This creamy and crunchy rhubarb and custard dessert recipe brings back memories of childhood sweets – but uses rhubarb liqueur...
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How do you make a quiche? And get the filling just right? Here’s how to do it, and while there...
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The classic combination of potato and leek goes perfectly with rich gorgonzola to make this fabulous vegetarian tart recipe.
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This delicious tart recipe is perfect for a picnic and makes a fine midweek meal.
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