Ingredients

• 250g - 2 cups all purpose sieved flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 150g - 5oz soft butter
• 1 whole egg
• 60g - ½ cup sugar

Steps

• Step 1

  Remove butter from fridge and bring to room temperature

• Step 2

  In a mixing bowl, add the flour.

• Step 3

  Add the butter and combine ingredients using clean hands until you reach a sandy texture.

• Step 4

  Add the sugar.

• Step 5

  Add the egg.

• Step 6

  Add the salt.

• Step 7

  Mix ingredients with a spatula, once dry finish with your hands. Once there’s nothing left on the side of the bowl, knead and fold the dough no more than 30 seconds.

• Step 8

  Stretch out some cling film on your bench.

• Step 9

  Shape the dough into a flat brick, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for two hours or more.

• Step 10

  After two hours, remove from fridge and let sit approx. 10 minutes before rolling.

Little Tips

Add a little lemon zest for extra flavour.
The softer the flour the better, it will give you a tender crumbly crust. Never over work it.
If you have lumps of butter in your dry mix, this is fine it can help in flaking by creating air pockets resulting in crispy layers.