Nigel Slater’s shortbread and pancake base recipes

If you want a slice of crumbly tart, but don’t have time to make pastry, there are simple alternativesThere isn’t always time to make the pastry case for a tart; to tenderly rub the cubes of butter into the flour with your fingers, to roll the dough into a smooth sheet then persuade it into the crinkles and corners of the tart tin. Neither is there the chance to cover the pastry with parchment and baking beans to keep it from shrinking as it bakes or to rescue runaway baking beans fr