How to Make Pastry

Prep: 40 mins | Cook: 0 mins | Total: 40 mins | Quantity: Lots of pastry!

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Tip the flour into a large bowl and add the diced butter and salt.  Using your finger tips ‘rub’ the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs and you no longer have any large lumps of unmixed butter
2. Add 3-4 tblsp of cold water and work gently to bring the mixture together to form a dough, adding more water if needed.  Try not to knead the dough too much as this is what makes it tough once cooked
3. Once you have the dough formed, flatten it into an oval disc, wrap in cling-film and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or overnight
4. At this stage you can also freeze your pastry - simply defrost overnight in your fridge

Notes

• Add some sharp cheddar and paprika to your pasty base to make these Butternut Squash & Goat's Cheese Pasties

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/how-to-make-pastry/