Everyone knows how to make shortcrust pastry in the traditional way with wheat flour, but chef Luc Salsedo offers you another version. A recipe for shortcrust pastry made with legumes. Instead of using wheat flour, we will use chickpea flour. You can fill it with whatever you like to make a nice savoury pie or even a quiche. Moreover, this recipe is suitable for all diets as it is gluten-free and it is also a quick and easy recipe that will allow you to introduce your guests to new flavours with a Mediterranean touch.
Enjoy your meal!

Shortcrust chickpea flour pastry

By Luc Salsedo

Ingredients :

• 150g of chickpea flour
• 50g of unsalted butter
• 50g of water
• A pinch of salt

Recipe :

• Heat the oven to 180 ° C
• Soften the butter in the microwave for a few seconds, or take it out of the fridge 1 hour before starting the recipe
• Pour the flour into a bowl and add the salt.
• Add the butter and water
• Mix, and mix again, until the pastry is nice and smooth
• With a rolling pin, roll out the pastry on a floured work surface.
• Shape the pastry into a circle or a square depending on the tart dish.
• After placing the pastry in the dish, prick the bottom with a fork to prevent it from blistering during cooking
• We like to bake the pastry blind before adding the ingredients to keep the pastry crispy dough!!
• Pop into the oven for 15 mins.

Tip: Bake the pastry blind by covering with baking beans or dried chickpeas to prevent the pastry from rising during cooking!

Variation: Here we filled our tart with cooked mozzarella, bacon, leeks, and onions mixed with an egg and milk. But the options are almost endless so let your imagination run wild!!