Shortcrust pastry recipes
Looking for shortcrust pastry ideas? You’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded up a delicious selection of our best pie, tart and quiche recipes using both homemade and ready-made shortcrust pastry. Plus, of course, there’s a recipe to make your own shortcrust pastry from scratch.
Our most popular shortcrust pastry ideas include the ultimate Bakewell tart, a gorgeously pink rhubarb and custart tart, and Raymond Blanc’s classic lemon tart.
Savoury fans will be in heaven with the perfect quiche lorraine, a generously filled chicken pie and our unabashedly indulgent dauphinois pie topped with golden shortcrust pastry.
Discover our top tips for egg washing for perfectly burnished pastry lids.
Find plenty of filo pastry recipes and puff pastry recipes in our collections, too.
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Make-ahead dessert recipes
Gooseberry and white chocolate frangipane tart
Gooseberry tart is wonderful as is, but when white chocolate is added to the mix – it’s a bonafide winner....
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30-minute meal recipes
Summer vegetable and feta galette
This pretty, versatile galette celebrates all of late spring and early summer’s culinary heroes – and it’s ready in 30...
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Baking recipes
Easy flaky pastry
This is the only flaky pastry recipe you’ll ever need. Sitting in the sweet spot between easy shortcrust and challenging...
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Mince pie recipes
Mince pies shortcrust pastry
One bite of a home-made shortcrust pastry mince pie and you’ll never want to buy them again. Now you’ve nailed...
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Vegetarian comfort food recipes
Dauphinois potato and leek pie
It’s a double carb love affair – creamy dauphinois potatoes meet moreish, cheese pastry. Serve this knockout dauphinois potato and...
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Sweet tart recipes
The ultimate bakewell tart
A proper bakewell tart recipe, as it should be, with crisp sweet shortcrust pastry, a layer of strawberry jam, a...
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Shortcrust pastry recipes
Swiss chard, bacon and Gruyère tart
Try this easier-than-it-looks tart recipe for dinner then save the leftovers for lunch the next day.
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Shortcrust pastry recipes
Beef pie
This beef pie recipe has been adapted from food writer Hannah Glasse’s cookbook, published in 1747. The recipe has been...
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Fantastical recipes for World Book Day
The best apple pie
Our best apple pie recipe is inspired by Edith Nesbit‘s The Railway Children in which the children eat it cold...
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Best of British recipes
Cherry Ripe tart from Sussex
A wonderful cherry tart recipe, originating from the village of Ripe in Sussex, made with shortcrust pastry, an almond frangipane...
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Shortcrust pastry recipes
Lemon meringue pie
Melt-in-the-mouth pastry, sweet-sharp filling and billowing top – this lemon meringue pie recipe is hard to beat, and will feed...
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Savoury tarts
Heritage tomato, cheese and chutney tart
This tart really showcases the amazing summery flavours of tomatoes – perfect for a languid lunch or light supper.
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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes
Boozy rhubarb and custard tart
This creamy and crunchy rhubarb and custard dessert recipe brings back memories of childhood sweets – but uses rhubarb liqueur...
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Shortcrust pastry recipes
Classic quiche lorraine
How do you make a quiche? And get the filling just right? Here’s how to do it, and while there...
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Leek, potato and gorgonzola tart
The classic combination of potato and leek goes perfectly with rich gorgonzola to make this fabulous vegetarian tart recipe.
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Shortcrust pastry recipes
Pancetta and herb tart
This delicious tart recipe is perfect for a picnic and makes a fine midweek meal.
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