Sweet Pastry

Image via Leite's Culinaria

With pie season well and truly upon us and our new pie crust shield purchased thanks to yesterdays post. We're now on our way to making the perfect Autumn pie. However we more than anyone understand that you may be a little wary of trying out this dough due to your lack of knowledge regarding sweet pastry, which is completely understandable. But please let us calm your woes and show you exactly how to make sweet pastry that is so basic you'll seriously be wondering why on earth you postponed your pie baking for so long....

Basic Sweet Pastry

Ingredients 

• 225g/8oz plain flour
• 110g/4oz butter
• 80g/3oz sugar 
• 1 large egg

Method

• Crumb together by hand the butter in to the flour 
• Add the sugar 
• Mix in the egg and enough milk to form a soft dough 

 There we said it was super easy huh!? 

Now you've mastered the art of sweet pastry what can you used it for? Well why not try your hand at one of these tasty pies...

Apple Pie 

Pumpkin Pie

Cherry Pie 

Rhubarb Pie

Banoffee Pie

Have a great Wednesday and if you have time to do anything try and bake something delicious!

LJC

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