Sweet Pastry

• 2 ¾ cups (340gr) plain all-purpose flour
• 5 ½ oz (150gr) unsalted butter
• ¾ cup (90gr) powdered sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• pinch of salt

1.  Sift the flour, salt and sugar onto a work surface, make a well in the centre, put the butter into the well and rub in with your fingertips until the mixtures resembles breadcrumbs.
2.  Add the eggs, bring them together with your hands and knead them a few times to make a smooth dough.
3. Roll into ball, wrap with plastic and put in fridge for about an hour.
4. Roll out the pastry into a circle on lightly floured surface, trim the edge, pinch up the pastry edge to make an even border raise slightly above the rim of the tin, slide onto baking tray.

credits : photo by rawfish