Mum's All-Purpose Pastry

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This recipe makes enough pastry for about 6 average pies. Freeze the excess for later.

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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