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                                                                                            8 Jul 2021 - 10:19am

                                                                                            Flaky shortcrust pastry step-by-step

                                                                                            This is very easy to make and use, and it gives you a wonderfully light, flaky crust.
                                                                                            By
                                                                                            Michael James

                                                                                            8 Jul 2021 - 10:19 AM  UPDATED 8 Jul 2021 - 10:19 AM

                                                                                            Use it in Michael's mushroom, red onion and tarragon quiche.

                                                                                            This is an edited extract from All Day Baking by Michael and Pippa James (Hardie Grant Books, $45, available where all good books are sold). Photography: © Lisa Cohen

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                                                                                            Put the flour and salt in a mound on your kitchen bench and scatter the chilled butter cubes over the top.
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                                                                                            Roll the butter into the flour.
                                                                                            Hardie Grant Books / Lisa Cohen
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                                                                                            Make a well in the middle and add the chilled water.
                                                                                            Hardie Grant Books / Lisa Cohen
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                                                                                            Use a dough scraper or knife to gently cut the flour into the water.
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                                                                                            Roll out or press the dough into a rectangle.
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                                                                                            Fold the dough, like a letter.
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                                                                                            Rotate, roll and fold the dough twice.
                                                                                            Hardie Grant Books / Lisa Cohen
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