Mum's All-Purpose Pastry |
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Ingredients:
2kg Self-Raising Flour
1kg Margarine
6 Eggs, with a little water
For Sweet Pastry:
2 Cups White Sugar
For Savoury Pastry:
3tsp Salt
Method:
Rub sugar (or salt), flour and margarine together until it feels like
bread-crumbs.
Add egg water and mix gently until combined.
This pastry can be used for:
Treacle Tart. Fill the base of the pie with corn-flakes and treacle, make a grid design on top with pastry "sausages" bake in a moderate oven until pastry is browned slightly.
Jam Tart. Fill the base of the tart with jam, make a grid design on top with pastry "sausages" bake in a moderate oven until pastry is browned slightly.
Apple Pie. Blind bake the base of the pie, fill with cooked apple and
cover with a pastry "lid".
Bake in a moderate oven until pastry is browned slightly.
The savoury version of this pastry is perfect for a different variation of the Steak and Kidney Pie
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