Vanilla Bean Pastry
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The perfect short pastry made with real ingredients and the added deliciousness of vanilla bean. You can easily use vanilla bean paste in this recipe.
Fantastic short pastry as it was meant to be and a standard in a lot of my desserts. You will see versions of this recipe elsewhere on this site...but usually included in the recipe I am hoping you will use it in. Some of them use vanilla bean paste...this is the original and the best with the roasted vanilla bean. A little smoky, very vanillery, totally grown up and elegant. Halve the mixture for just a pie or tart base, or make the full recipe for a double crust pie. Add apples, rhubarb, berries, lemon curd or any filling of choice to find yourself in pie heaven.
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Need
- 50 Grams raw caster sugar BUY
- 1 vanilla bean BUY
- 200 Grams butter cold, cubed BUY
- 380 Grams plain flour BUY
- Ice cold water as needed
Do
- 1
To roast a vanilla bean, place into a cold oven set to 200°C and roast exactly 10 minutes. The house will smell amazing. I usually do a couple of beans when I toast nuts. Easy. Then store in ziploc bag in the spice drawer or pantry.
- 2
Place sugar and vanilla bean into Thermomix bowl and mill 10 sec/speed 10.
- 3
Add butter and flour and mix 10 sec/speed 6 until resembles breadcrumbs.
- 4
Add water through hole in lid while you continue to mix 22 sec/dough setting/Interval.
- 5
As soon as the dough starts to form a ball, stop and remove pastry from bowl onto lightly floured baking mat. Roll and use as directed.
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