suet pastry

wayne

8 oz self raising flour
pinch salt
4 oz suet
cold water to mix
Sift flour(and baking powder if using) and salt into bowl ,add suet and toss lightly in flour until well mixed.Stir in sufficient water to bind into a soft but not sticky dough.
hi,found this on the mega index board.can i use this as a pastry top.made a pan of scouse the other day and am thinking put whats left in a dish and top with suet pastry.will this work do you think?:D

Mrs_Chip

Hi Wayne

Yes that would work well. Make sure you put a slit in the top to let the steam out. If the scouse is very liquid you might want to thicken it a bit or take some liquid out to use as gravy. Hope it turns out ok!

tanith

We love suet crust pastry in our house, I sometimes buy a tin of stewed steak bung it in a casserole dish and top with suet crust for quick dinner or left over stew with thickened gravy its sooooooooo tasty..

JayJay14

Suet pastry always works better than shortcrust if the filling is a bit on the liquid side - you get the dumpling effect......drool

lizzyb1812

Must be winter - I made dumplings as a result of a thread last week and now I'm thinking about suet pastry pie. OP - that would work fine.

wayne

thanks for that mrs chip.never thought about the liquid.:beer:

Mayflower10cat

Made a veggie suet crust topped mixed veg/lentil/bean stew for the inlaws last weekend - their eyes lit up! I stuck the pastry on the stew and put the pyrex lid back on the casserole. Baked like that for about 20 mins, then I took the lid off for about 10 mins. The stew was quite runny but the pastry gobbled most of the 'gravy' up. Oh, I also added a dollop of homemade pesto to the pastry mix with a handful of grated parmesan, very yummy!

meritaten

to answer my own question - I have no idea!

I made beef and onion pie filling earlier on today, intending to make my usual shortcrust pastry top. then realised I didn't have any butter! (used the last four ounces for cakes with GS yesterday.
panic - looked in cupboard for inspiration and spied the suet - dumplings I thought first - then 'suet pastry'!!!!!!!! haven't made it in years!
checked the recipe (it was on the pack) and yes its half suet to flour and a pinch of salt) easy peasy! no rubbing in. took less than five minutes to make, roll out, cover the pie and brush with milk (no eggs - used those on cakes too:().
oh wow - delish! why don't I make it more often? (OH asked that too).

scaredy_cat

cos suet is seen as bad... it's lush! i love making an onion and bacon suet pudding.

meritaten

how can it be worse than butter? lol - that pastry was gorgeous!

scaredy_cat

exactly!! and there are no additives, it's a natural product like butter. (unless you have the vegetarian suet)