Quick Flaky Pastry
Ingredients
200 gm Plain flour
150 gm Butter or margarine
Salt
Water
Method
Make sure the butter or margarine is cold and therefore quite hard.
Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Grate the fat into the flour using the largest grater you have. Use a palette knife to coat the fat with the flour while you are doing this. You want to keep the flakes of fat separate as far as possible. Still using the palette knife work the fat into the flour until it is crumbly. Add enough cold water to make a dough. Chill the pastry before using it.
Bake the pastry at 220�C for between 10 and 25 minutes depending on what you are using it for or until it is golden brown and cooked.
Acknowledgements
Delia Smith
24 Sep 2023
Shirl Seath