Rich shortcrust pastry, is your dessert pastry and very much like a cookie crust. In addition, it has a higher percentage of sugar. Sablee means sandy or grainy. It uses a shortbread style creaming method in which sugar and butter are creamed together. As a result, the dough is very tender and crumbly, similar to shortbread. Also, almond or nut meals are often used to enhance the sandy texture of this dough.
