Sweet Flan Pastry Recipe
Sweet Flan Pastry Recipe with Plain Flour, Salt, Butter, Icing Sugar, Egg Yolk and Water
INGREDIENTS
8 oz (225g) Plain Flour
Pinch of Salt
6 oz (175g) Butter
3/4 oz (19g) Icing Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
1 Tablespoon Water
METHOD
Sift the flour and salt into a basin. Rub the butter lightly. Add the icing sugar and mix well. Mix in the egg yolk and water together and use to mix the pastry to a firm dough. Knead slightly on a lightly floured and use as required.
Based on the Sweet Flan Pastry Recipe in:
The Book of Sweets & Puddings
by Myrtle Lindlaw (Spectator Publications 1967).