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Shortcrust pastry

Shortcrust is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche, pie, or (in the British English sense) flan. Shortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie.

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Main ingredients
Fat (lard, shortening, butter or full-fat margarine), flour, water
Region or state
Western countries
Type
Pastry

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Shortcrust pastry

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples23
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
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Shortcrust pastry

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related to Types · 16
Shortcrust pastry → According, Alternatively, An, Carême, Egg, French, French-American Cultural Foundation, It, Marie-Antoine Carême, Patisserie Moderne, Pâte, Quiche Lorraine, The, This, Traite, Very
Main ingredients · 1
Shortcrust pastry → Fat (lard, shortening, butter or full-fat margarine), flour, water
Region or state · 1
Shortcrust pastry → Western countries
Type · 1
Shortcrust pastry → Pastry

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pastry flour butter fat used pie shortcrust pâte lard crust often sugar brisée using water quiche made make shortening margarine

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Shortcrust pastryMain ingredientsFat (lard, shortening, butter or full-fat margarine), flour, water1.00infobox
Shortcrust pastryRegion or stateWestern countries1.00infobox
Shortcrust pastryTypePastry1.00infobox
apple pieinstance ofShortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies0.80text
quicheinstance ofShortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies0.80text
lemon meringue or chicken pie.A sweetened versioninstance ofShortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies0.80text
latticinginstance ofPiercing can be done with a knife or by using one of several techniques0.80text
Shortcrust pastryrelated to TypesPâte0.60section
Shortcrust pastryrelated to TypesFrench0.60section
Shortcrust pastryrelated to TypesEgg0.60section
Shortcrust pastryrelated to TypesVery0.60section
Shortcrust pastryrelated to TypesIt0.60section

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