Make the Dough: In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cubed butter and use a pastry cutter or your fingers to mix until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Then, gradually ...

Thin, crisp pastry is the key to these pretty French pastries and Paul Hollywood is the man to show you how. For this recipe you will need: a sugar thermometer, 6 large baking trays and a ruler.

For the raspberry crème pâtissière ... They can be stored in the fridge for an hour but the pastry will start to absorb moisture from the filling and become soggy.

For the pastry, mix the softened butter with the caster sugar until combined. Mix in the eggs, then add the salt, flour and ground almonds and bring everything together into a dough. You can do ...