does it HAVE to be strong flour for a pastie?

jellyhead

This is true, bless him

tiamai_d

Just put the regular plain flour in a bag and call it strong.

I'd never use strong flour in pasty, it would be all bleurgh and heavy and stodgy and my husband would totally leave me like...

tandraig

I dont care that this post is in marraiges etc - let the board guides shift it if necessary.
hun, there is no way i would actually use strong plain flour for pastry! I DO use plain flour but with baking powder as i like to make my own mix.
the strong flour used for bread makes a stretchier dough which can cope with the proving (the rising agent of yeast). I would expect a pastry made with this to be 'heavy' and not light as a feather!
give him a plastic bag of ordinary self raising or plain flour and some baking powder! out of interest - was baking powder mentioned on the recipe list? it may well just be a mistake!

jellyhead

good point! baking powder is not mentioned, no. The teacher has made the same mistake in both recipes (plan flour rather than plain) and the first 4 ingredients are the same for each recipe. Perhaps he meant to change it after copying and pasting.

I'll get my son to ask in tomorrow's lesson, but he's 13 and hates talking so I suspect he won't actually ask.

jellyhead

tiamai_d wrote: »

it would be all bleurgh and heavy and stodgy and my husband would totally leave me like...

It's a worry isn't it :T

Gingham_Ribbon

It's plain you need for pastry. Actually, some self raising flour doesn't hurt if you're using wholemeal too as it makes it lighter. But I wouldn't use strong flour.

tandraig

you can use self raising for pastry - i just prefer to use plain and add my own baking powder.
and if the recipe called for plain flour and no baking powder i would assume it was a mistake - substitute SR flour hun.

jellyhead

The teacher has probably already told them to change it, and my son just wasn't listening. We've got tummy bugs here anyway, so if he catches it tomorrow he can miss the lesson lol