Chocolate Shortcrust Pastry

Some people will say that it is too bother to bake chocolate shortcrust pastry. So, people use oreo as the replacement. I tried it, but using oero as the base is very sweet. However, the taste of homemade chocolate shortcrust pastry is totally different. It is not sweet at all. I highly recommend to bake it at home. We just the time at baking, don’t we?

 

Oven Temperature Setting: 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4

Baking Time: Around 20~25 minutes
Recipe: A 7” Chocolate Shorecrust Pastry

 

Steps of Shortcrust Pastry

(1) Place flour and chocolate powder in a big bowl. Mix all ingredients well

(2) Add butter into the bowl. Rub butter into the flour. It will be crumble-like

(3) Add water into the mixture. Lightly knead it into a ball.

(4) Put it into a food storage and leave in the fridge for around 30 minutes.

(5) Move the dough to a working table. Roll it into a round shape, around 0.5 cm.

(Selena’s Kitchen Talk: Covering with wrapping film is easier to roll the pastry.)

(6) Place it over the top of the baking tray. Line it with the baking pray. Use a fork to poke holes on the pastry.

(7) Cover pastry with baking stone and send it to the pre-heat oven at 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 around 10 minutes. Then, get rid of baking stones and bake another 10 minutes until the top turns golden.

(Selena’s Kitchen Talk: I am lazy so that I will leave it in the freezer around 20 minutes. Then, you don’t need to cover the pastry with baking stone. And it takes around 20 minutes to bake it.)