Grated Pastry

Pastry  

Ingredients

200 gm Plain flour
100 gm Butter or margarine
2 tsp Baking powder
75 gm Granulated white sugar
1 Egg(s)
Salt

Filling

Cooked apple

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180�C.

Cream the butter and sugar. Add the well-beaten egg, then the dry ingredients to make a stiff dough. Grate half the mixture (using the largest size of the grater) to line the base of a flan dish or cake tin. Put the filling onto the centre of the base leaving about 1/2 inch (15mm) around the edge. Grate the remaining pastry over the top. Bake until the pastry is crisp and brown.

Notes

The pastry can be used instead of crumble topping. In this case grate all the pastry over the top of the cooked fruit.

For a gluten-free version, use gluten-free flour. If the pastry is too crumbly, add extra egg.

Variation

Any cooked fruit can be used for the filling, or mincemeat.

24 Sep 2023
Shirl Seath