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Shortcrust Pastry

Shortcrust pastry is a crumbly pastry dough used for pies, tarts, and quiches.

Shortcrust Pastry — illustrative ingredient image

About Shortcrust Pastry

Shortcrust pastry is a crumbly pastry dough made by combining flour with fat and usually a small amount of liquid; recipes may also include salt, sugar, or egg. The fat limits extensive gluten development, giving the baked pastry a short, tender bite rather than a stretchy or layered structure. It is used for pie bases and lids, tart shells, quiches, and other baked preparations.

Its flavour depends on the formula: it may be plain and wheaten, salted, sweetened, or enriched with egg. Before baking, the dough is pale and pliable but can crack if overworked. After baking, it becomes firm, crumbly, and lightly browned, with a tender rather than stretchy texture.

Shortcrust pastry may be sold or prepared as dough, a lined unbaked shell, or a finished crust. It is commonly rolled and shaped before baking. Baking changes the soft dough into a firm, crumbly pastry and develops light browning; the final appearance and texture also vary with the fat, sugar, egg, liquid, and handling.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

Forms & related ingredients

  • Eggcontains · Shortcrust Pastry → Egg
  • Buttercontains · Shortcrust Pastry → Butter
  • Watercontains · Shortcrust Pastry → Water
  • Sugarcontains · Shortcrust Pastry → Sugar
  • Wheat flourcontains · Shortcrust Pastry → Wheat flour

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Local names for shortcrust pastry

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English

Shortcrust Pastry

English

Baked shortcrust pastry with vegetable oil

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English

Frozen raw shortcrust pastry with pure butter

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Frozen shortcrust pastry with pure butter

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English

Raw shortcrust pastry with pure butter

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Shortcrust Pastry nutrition & diet

Shortcrust Pastry nutritional value

Reference: Pastry, shortcrust style, commercial, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
395.1kcal
Protein
6.4g
Carbs
41.3g
Fat
21.4g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F006507. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Treat shortcrust pastry as a recipe-dependent dough, identifying flour, fat, liquid, sugar, and salt, and whether it is raw, baked, filled, or blind-baked. Reference the edible pastry portion separately from the pie, tart, or quiche filling, since fillings and finishing washes can materially alter the preparation.

Compare the right form: Match the specific shortcrust recipe and baked or unbaked state, including flour, fat, egg, sugar, salt, and filling separately.

Diet considerations

Shortcrust pastry is usually cereal-based and commonly includes wheat flour and animal or plant fat, but the recipe must be established. Egg, dairy, lard, butter, sugar, or cereal-based fillings change compatibility. A quiche, pie, or tart is not equivalent to plain pastry because the filling determines additional animal and carbohydrate components.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Butter. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Butter; Wheat flour. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Pastry, shortcrust style, commercial, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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