Pastry (1 Viewer)

[Denny Oubidoux]

how long does it last before you cook it? if you make a load can you keep it in the freezer or fridge? anybody got any pastry tips? pie recipes etc

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

course you can keep it in the freezer, you can buy it ready made and frozen.

I am no good at makin pastry

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

oh. i didnt know you could just buy it. you just get margerine (or lard or butter or a combination of them) then get twice the weight of it in flour, squidge it all up and add water til its doughy. pain in the hole it is.

 

[mazzyianne]

My mammy makes great pastry, she reckons keeping it cold is the key, crumble the flour with the butter, add a little water to bind it. Dont do loads of kneading and messing it about with your hands, you'll warm it up too much.

Saw one recipe where the guy froze and then grated the butter or stork or whatever. seemed like a good plan.
Mmmm baking..

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

is there any way to make healthy pastry without fuckloads of butter/margerine/lard etc? what else might i use?

 

[guy of the tiger]

why did the baker wash his hands?
because he kneaded a shit

 

[Mormon Nailer]

is there any way to make healthy pastry without fuckloads of butter/margerine/lard etc? what else might i use?

Fraid not.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

My mammy makes great pastry, she reckons keeping it cold is the key, crumble the flour with the butter, add a little water to bind it. Dont do loads of kneading and messing it about with your hands, you'll warm it up too much.

Saw one recipe where the guy froze and then grated the butter or stork or whatever. seemed like a good plan.
Mmmm baking..

Apparently if you normally have cold hands you make better pastry too.

 

[cpr]

this is true, I make great old pastry cos my hands are always ice cold...

 

[egg_]

Don't use margarine, you nut - butter is your only man. Lard is more for savoury stuff, I think, like Cornish pasties and steak and kidney pies and the like

I made choux pastry for the first time the Saturday before last. Smashing, and not that hard

You can buy frozen puff pastry in most supermarkets

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I have a rake of Julia Child DVDs. She makes crossiants in on of them. Christ what a palaver - roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold & roll & fold.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Salmon en croute with profiteroles for dessert is always a winner.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Don't use margarine, you nut

why not? i've used it before, with moderately successful results. would flora work? might be too soft maybe. i seem to recall that oootini told me he made pastry using only flour and water - does this sound as unlikely to everyone else as it did to me?