Making pastry in a food processor

Mrs_Arcanum

Thing to remember is have every thing as cold as possible & add less ice cold water than you think as the blades heat up the fat.

kah22

foxgloves wrote: »

I make my pastry in a food processor.... I always do shortcrust.... I put the flour in with a pinch of salt, then the fat cut into chunks & process it together for the minimum amount of time to get it to the breadcrumb stage.

What attachment do you use - dough hook, beater or whisk

foxgloves

Hi Kah22, It's a very basic food pro, I just use the knife blade thing. have made up 3 batches today & it's all been fine.

YORKSHIRELASS

Well my food processor made pastry always gets compliments - even my MIL says its very good! I use a very basic food processor and the bero recipe:

8 oz plain floor
2 oz margerine
2 oz lard
2 tbsp cold water

I chuck it all in and whizz it until it forms a ball then roll it out. Anyone who thinks they cant make pastry should try this.