pastry

I saw on another thread that @SatNavSaysStraightOn makes her own pastry and it was wholemeal. Whenever I make wholemeal pastry it is always hard and chewy and not very nice. she said gets was amazingly soft and really nice despite being vegan. I was wondering because I need a vegan recipe or...

Having obtained some exotic mushrooms, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. As the current co-judge for the The CookingBites Recipe Challenge I thought I would try out the recipe for Vol au vent from @valedevento in my 'test kitchen'. I made a few minor changes (apart from using...

Quick question. Due to various time constraints and the fact that I have yet to find a homemade shortcrust pastry recipe that is dairy free and that I am happy with, I have been buying one (Jus-rol which is vegan). But I assume it has a high water content because it shrinks really badly when...

One of my favourite pie crusts is a savoury pie crust that includes mashed potatoes... Ingredients 6oz (175g) mashed potato 8oz (225g) plain flour 3oz (85g) butter or dairy-free marg/veg marg etc... pinch of salt 1-2 tbsp. water Method rub the butter/marg into the flour until it resembles...