Best pastry recipe

iammumtoone

Is there a thread for the best pastry recipe?

Last minute decision to make some mince pies with ds today.

Looking for the best suggestion of type of fat/ratios to use. Any other tips also welcome.

I hate making pastry (haven't made it for years) I can't stand the feeling of it but I do now own a food processor. Am I right thinking I can just put the fat and flour into that and it will do the 'rubbing in' for me?

Thanks

suki1964

It's half fat to flour , but the fat needs to be trex or similar and butter

So 8oz plain flour
2 oz trex
2 Oz butter


Yes use the fp to get to the breadcrumb stage but add water and mix by hand. It's to easy to overwork the pasty in the fp and it will become tough

iammumtoone

Thanks

I don't have trex (and really don't fancy braving the shops today :eek:) will lard work instead?

suki1964

iammumtoone wrote: »

Thanks

I don't have trex (and really don't fancy braving the shops today :eek:) will lard work instead?

I use lard

Just it's not good for veggies hence trex is the fat of choice nowadays

Luckily we aren't vegetarian in this household

ivfmummy

My favourite recipe is


4 oz self raising flour
4 oz plain flour
4 oz vegetable margarine
4 tablespoons of ice cold water


Add the water slowly to the breadcrumbs as you might not need it all. I do the whole thing in the food processor. I was always hopeless at pastry before this, You can adjust the amounts easily.

PasturesNew

There is one on the board here, provided by somebody's elderly neighbour, who was alive at the start of the thread, but then died 4-5 years ago.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/3603543#Comment_3603543