does it HAVE to be strong flour for a pastie?

jellyhead

daft question I know, but the only answers I can find relate to bread making.

my son's cooking ingredients state strong plain flour for this week, to make either a quiche or a pastie. Does it have to be strong? if so, is the strong bread flour that I've got in the cupboard okay, or is there some sort of difference between strong flour and strong bread flour?

Sharra

It sounds like he is making pastry and I have never used strong flour for pastry - always just plain flour. So I don't know why they are saying you need strong flour

jellyhead

I don't know either it's a cheese and onion pasty, and I've only used shortcrust pastry for pasties (ready made because I'm rubbish at pastry!).

they have ingredients lists for 4 weeks, each week has a choice of 2 things to cook. This week is the only week that strong flour is mentioned, and it's for the quiche or pasty. bah, I don't know.

I've got asda strong bread flour in the cupboard, but because I know nothing about flour I don't know if it's the same thing, or if there's something extra in 'bread' flour.

Artytarty

I think strong bread flour and strong flour are the same thing. It has more gluten in it, makes a stretchy dough that rises well. I dont think ive ever used it for pastry making and see why your son would need to for his recipe.I use it in a homemade piza base dough.

Becles

I always use Bero plain flour for pastry. I've tried other brands but always had the best results with Bero!

Strong flour has something done to the gluten in it, to make bread rise better. I've never used it for pastry though - just for bread.

iamana1ias

Will your marriage end if you get it wrong? Why is this in the marriage and relationships forum??!!

jellyhead

.... and families. It's about moneysaving, whether I need to buy a different bag of flour

jellyhead

Thanks for all the help anyway So, the flour I've got will be okay, problem solved. I hope that this thread helps someone else sometime

Treacly

Never mind if it's useful or not jellyhead - you definitely win 'thread title of the week'. Made me laugh anyway.

Wow

iamana1ias wrote: »

Will your marriage end if you get it wrong?

People have divorced for less than that.;)

Wow

jellyhead wrote: »

Thanks for all the help anyway So, the flour I've got will be okay, problem solved. I hope that this thread helps someone else sometime

I can't see it making any difference anyway because if your son is cooking it, it will still probably turn out inedible.:o:D