Help with pastry please

NannyOgg

OK, I know I'm pregnant but this is ridiculous!

I set my Kenwood off to make pastry for tonight's dinner and turned my back for two seconds, only to find that the flour and fat mixture had become a solid lump rather than the usual breadcrumb texture I was expecting.

I added a drop of water thinking I'd just overworked it, and tried rolling out but it still looked funny, so I put it in the fridge to rest...

Eventually it dawned on me that I've used equal measures of fat and flour rather than half the fat to flour :o:o

Now it's in a solid lump is there anything I can do to salvage it or should I just refrigerate and consider it a few months' worth of roux for sauces?!

Any suggestions welcome!

Penelope_Penguin

NannyOgg wrote: »

OK, I know I'm pregnant but this is ridiculous!

I set my Kenwood off to make pastry for tonight's dinner and turned my back for two seconds, only to find that the flour and fat mixture had become a solid lump rather than the usual breadcrumb texture I was expecting.

I added a drop of water thinking I'd just overworked it, and tried rolling out but it still looked funny, so I put it in the fridge to rest...

Eventually it dawned on me that I've used equal measures of fat and flour rather than half the fat to flour :o:o

Now it's in a solid lump is there anything I can do to salvage it or should I just refrigerate and consider it a few months' worth of roux for sauces?!

Any suggestions welcome!

You could try adding a second quantity of flour and remix it. If that works, you'll be able to make twice as many things as you'd intended, and freeze one

Penny. x

zippychick

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

You could try adding a second quantity of flour and remix it. If that works, you'll be able to make twice as many things as you'd intended, and freeze one

Penny. x

You took the words right out of my mouth , [STRIKE]must have been when you were kissin me (meatloaf....apologies again.:D)[/STRIKE]:rotfl:

Debt_Free_Chick

Do you have a food processor - one that chops? If so, I'd be inclined to put the mixture into the processor with more flour and then chop it until it turns to breadcrumbs ... then continue making pastry with it.

I guess it's not going to be the world's best pastry though ....

Mrs_Thrify

Oh...someone else made a ****up today as well! I put the bread maker on without adding the water. I had to let the program run to the end and then throw the whole lot out :mad:.