wholemeal shortcrust pastry

[Ellie]

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 two for all pastry not just wholemeal shortcrust pastry if anyone has any good recipes please?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I'll try to find some time over the next few days or early next week to write it up for you. But one trick I have learnt the hard way is never to reroll unless you want tougher chewier pastry, so I cook the cut offs and give them to my chickens which they love. Sadly it does mean there is waste... but I also accept that sometimes it is just going ot be chewier on one or two pasties. That's just the way it works really!