Tarts look fancy, but they all start with the same thing: a good, sweet shortcrust pastry shell. This easy shortcrust tart dough, also known as pâte sucrée, bakes into a buttery, shortbread-style ...

Stir together flour, sugar, and salt, then blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea ...

From pie dough and puff pastry to pâte sucrée and pâte à choux, read on to learn the differences between the most common ...

When I am in a pinch for time, but want something special for dessert, I often fall back on preparing a crostata. Sometimes called a galette in French cooking, this free-form tart has endless ...

When you think of puff pastry desserts, you might imagine pristine danishes, sweet tarts, and turnovers on display at a fancy bakery. These specialty treats may be baked with fresh berries, layers of ...

That’s only one trick bestselling author and pastry instructor Nick Malgieri has up his sleeve. Malgieri, who oversees the pastry program at New York’s Institute of Culinary Education, has been known ...