• Pastry Ingredients (from Shannon Bennett in ‘My Vue‘)
• 200g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 200g pure icing sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 tbsp milk
• 250g plain (all-purpose) flour

1. If you have a favourite sweet shortcrust recipe, then you can certainly use that instead. I’ve tried a few and though this pastry is a B*TCH to work with, it really has no comparison in terms of withstanding moist fillings.

This is a wonderful dessert to serve when you want something sweet but not too heavy, and it's a great way to take advantage of fresh seasonal fruit! More about this recipe, here: http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/2008/03/20/for-the-love-of-a-fresh-fruit-flan/