Sweet Tart Pastry

Name: Sweet Tart Pastry
Yield: Makes one 9- to 9 1/2-inch tart shell
Ingredients: 1 , large egg yolk; 1 tablespoon, heavy cream; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounce/177 grams), unbleached all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup (2 2/3 ounces/75 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick, very cold), cut into twenty-four 3/4-inch cubes; 1 tablespoon, unbleached all-purpose flour for dusting

Desserts or Baked Goods
Tarts

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Sweet tart pastry is both finicky and hard to roll out. Here is a recipe that is relatively foolproof, quick, and easier to handle.

SERVES Makes one 9- to 9 1/2-inch tart shell

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 2 hours chilling and 30 minutes freezing

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