QUICK AND EASY FLAKY PASTRY
How To Make Quick and Easy Flaky Pastry. Simple to follow instructions, great for pies, strudels, turnovers and freezer friendly too!
Provided by Lovefoodies
Categories Recipe Tutorials
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Mix the sieved flour and salt in a bowl. (add sugar if using)
- Weigh out the butter and divide into 4 amounts.
- Add one portion of the butter to the flour and using a round bladed knife, incorporate the butter and flour, whilst slowly adding enough cold water until the mixture comes together to form an elastic dough.
- Dust the rolling surface with flour, and turn the dough out. Roll out the dough into a rectangle shape (see photo) and keep rolling, adding more flour if necessary to stop from sticking, until the dough is about 4 mm thickness.
- Rub any excess flour from the surface and using the next portion of butter, dot the butter (about 1 cm dots) on two thirds of the rolled out pastry evenly. (see photo).
- Fold the pastry into three portions, bringing the end without butter to the centre, then folding down the other third. (see photo)
- Press together pastry edges with your fingers, give the pastry half a turn and roll out lightly again until the pastry is 4 mm thick (same size before you dotted with butter).
- Repeat steps 5 - 7 twice more, then fold into three, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 271 calories, Carbohydrate 25 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 47 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 18 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 158 milligrams sodium, Sugar 3 grams sugar, TransFat 1 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams unsaturated fat
AUNT NANCY'S FLAKY PASTRY CRUST
Make and share this Aunt Nancy's Flaky Pastry Crust recipe from Food.com.
Provided by 2rosebud
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 1 pie, 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cut shortening into flour with a pastry blender or with two butter knives until it resembles a coarse meal.
- Add cold water gradually and mix until the flour/shortening comes together to form a ball that holds its shape and is not sticky. If necessary, add more water or flour.
- Divide ball in two, and roll each separately into a circle large enough to fit your pie pan.
- For a double crust filled pie, place one shell into pie pan. Add pie filling and top with other crust. Bake as directed on pie filling recipe.
- For 2 single crust pies, place each shell into 2 pie pans, add filling and bake as directed on pie filling recipe.
- For 2 single crust pre-baked shells, place each shell into a pie pan and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool before filling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2456.7, Fat 164.9, SaturatedFat 41, Sodium 2332.7, Carbohydrate 214.6, Fiber 7.6, Sugar 0.8, Protein 29.1
THE BEST PASTRY CRUST
This is hands-down the best pastry crust you will ever make. Forget the shortening; this recipe calls for 14 tablespoons of butter for a light, flaky, buttery taste. This pastry crust is perfect for all your fruit and custard tarts and pies. I also use it for empanadas and pot pies.
Provided by IrishMountainGirl
Categories Desserts Pies 100+ Pie Crust Recipes Pastry Crusts
Time 15m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Mix flour and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender until the mixture resembles fine cornmeal. Pour in water slowly; knead dough into a firm ball.
- Pour in additional water as needed if dough is too dry or additional flour if too moist. Divide batter into equal halves. Roll out dough halves into rounds on a lightly floured work surface using a lightly floured rolling pin to desired thickness.
- Press one round into the bottom of a 9-inch pie pan. Use the other round as a top crust or for a separate bottom crust. Bake according to desired filling instructions.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 153.1 calories, Carbohydrate 13.4 g, Cholesterol 26.7 mg, Fat 10.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.4 g, Sodium 108.4 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
ENGLISH PASTRY CRUST FOR MEAT CASSEROLES
This is a very traditional recipe for English Pastry CRUST which is used as a top and bottom crust for a meat-filled pie/casserole. It needs to be chilled before using, so you need to make this ahead of the actual main dish you are going to make with it. Some filling suggestions are: -- Leftover turkey, stuffing, and gravy from Thanksgiving -- Roast Leg of Lamb, onions, and gravy. -- Chicken and veggies -- Ham, potatoes, cheese The recipe originally published in Betty Crocker but is becoming harder to find this specialty pastry recipe. Once you try it, it will fast become a favorite for those who especially LOVE to eat the pastry crust as much if not more than the filling. Just about anything you can think of is made extra special with this tasty pastry!
Provided by wyomugs
Categories Pot Pie
Time 40m
Yield 1 crust
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix shortening into hot water until melted. Add yolk and blend well.
- Add liquid mixture to flour mixture. Mix well.
- Place in bowl, cover with plastic wrap and chill several hours or overnight.
- When ready to use, preheat oven to 425 degs.
- Divide out 3/4 of the dough and pat firmly as a lining for a 2 qt (8-inch) casserole dish.
- Fill with whatever filling mixture you desire. (NOTE: Be sure meat is already cooked meat! You are reheating the filling, not cooking sufficiently long enough to cook raw meat!).
- Roll out (or pat out) between two sheets of wax paper, remaining dough to use as top crust.
- Lay the top crust over the casserole, carefully removing the wax paper.
- Cut 3-4 small slits for venting. Seal edges and trim. If you wish, you can brush with an egg wash, or spray with a "PAM" spray to help with browning.
- Bake casserole at 425 for 25 mins until crust is golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2176.1, Fat 143.3, SaturatedFat 36, Cholesterol 166, Sodium 3067.7, Carbohydrate 194.6, Fiber 6.8, Sugar 1.1, Protein 28.3
OIL-BASED PIE CRUST
This is from an older Betty Crocker cookbook. Makes great, flaky, delicate pie crusts. This is for a 2 crust 9" pie. Must use waxed paper to roll out. Patch tears or holes with leftover pieces. If something bad happens, don't re-roll - throw out and do over.
Provided by sheepdoc
Categories < 15 Mins
Time 10m
Yield 1 pie crust, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Use a fork to mix. Mix flour and salt.
- Stir in oil until clumps are pea-sized.
- Add cold water and stir. Ok if it's gluey or clumpy.
- Roll slightly more than half out between waxed paper sheets to the size needed. Edge to edge wide.
- Peel paper off one side and replace, flip and peel off other side.
- Use bottom sheet of waxed paper to hold crust, Flip into pie plate. Very delicate - can't do much arranging.
- Patch holes or tears, Trim edge.
- Roll out rest of crust including trimmed pieces.
- Place on top of filling in crust, crimp edges, cut steam holes.
PAT-IN-THE-PAN PIE CRUST
Those with an aversion to pie pastry, rejoice! This recipe will guarantee you a delicious and EASY pie crust without requiring you to artfully roll out a carefully measured concoction of lard, butter, and flour, producing just the right texture through the production of gluten. In pat-in-the-pan crusts, no gluten has the chance to develop, so you'll end up with a crumbly, rather than flaky, crust. Originally from the Joy of Cooking.
Provided by spatchcock
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 1 9inch pie or tart crust
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Position rack in center of oven.
- Preheat to 400 deg F.
- Whisk flour and salt together in a bowl or process the mixture for 10 seconds in a food processor.
- Add butter; mash with back of fork or process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Drizzle 2-3 tbsp cream over the top and stir or process till crumbs look damp and hold together when pinched.
- Transfer mixture to prepared 9-inch pie pan or 9.
- 5 or 10-inch two-piece tart pan.
- Pat evenly along bottom and sides with fingertips.
- If making a pie, form crust edge and crimp or flute with fingers.
- Prick bottom/sides with fork.
- Bake till crust is golden brown, 18-22 minutes, prcking bottom once or twice if it bubbles.
- If filling crust with uncooked mixture that requires further cooking, whisk together egg yolk and salt, then brush inside of crust with mixture.
- Return to oven until egg glaze sets, 1-2 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1655.2, Fat 109.6, SaturatedFat 67.2, Cholesterol 495.1, Sodium 1489.2, Carbohydrate 144.6, Fiber 5.1, Sugar 0.7, Protein 23.6
EXTRA-FLAKY PASTRY DOUGH
Our be-all end-all recipe, this all-butter crust works with nearly any fruit that's in season (or arm's reach).
Provided by Carla Lalli Music
Categories Bon Appétit Dessert Bake Pastry Phyllo/Puff Pastry Dough Tart
Yield Makes enough for 1 galette
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Whisk sugar, salt, and 1 1/3 cups flour in a medium bowl. Cut butter into 6 rectangular pieces (if using 1/2-cup sticks, cut them in half crosswise, then in half again lengthwise). Toss butter in dry ingredients to coat, then dump mixture out onto a work surface. Roll butter into flour until it is in long flexible strips, using a bench scraper to scrape butter off rolling pin or surface as needed.
- Use bench scraper to gather mixture into a loose pile, then drizzle 4 Tbsp. ice water over. Using your hands and the bench scraper, toss mixture until water is distributed, then gather into a rectangular pile. Roll out dough to a long rectangle with short ends about 8" wide, then use bench scraper to fold dough into thirds, like folding a letter. It will be very crumbly and loose; don't panic. Using bench scraper to help, turn rectangle 90° and repeat rolling and folding, gathering loose bits of dough from outer edges into the center and flouring surface as needed. Repeat rolling and folding a third time. Dough should be somewhat homogenous and creamy-looking with some dry bits around edges. Squeeze a bit in your palm; it should loosely hold together. If not, repeat rolling and folding. Wrap folded dough in plastic, then press it into a compact disk about 1" thick. Chill 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a 12"-14" round or oval about 1/8" thick (don't worry about cracks around perimeter). Dust surface and rolling pin with flour as needed and rotate dough often to prevent wider cracks. If dough sticks to surface, lift on one side and scatter flour underneath before continuing. Roll dough onto your pin, then unfurl it on a sheet of parchment paper. Slide onto a rimmed baking sheet and chill while you prep the filling.
- Do Ahead: Dough can be made 3 days ahead. Keep chilled, or transfer to a resealable plastic bag and freeze up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before rolling out.
PASTRY CRUST (PIE CRUST)
Easy food processor pie crust. I adapted from a Kitchenaid cookbook - theirs was good, but didn't make quite enough crust. This recipe makes enough for one double-crust pie, or two single-crust pies.
Provided by appleydapply
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Add flour and salt to food processor work bowl fitted with multi-purpose blade. Pulse for 2 seconds to blend.
- Add shortening and butter. Pulse 3-4 times, about 2-3 seconds each time, until mixture is crumbly.
- Sprinkle 5 tablespoons ice-cold water over mixture and pulse 1-3 times, about 2-3 seconds each time, until mixture pulls away from sides of work bowl and starts to form a loose ball. If necessary you can add up to 1-2 more tablespoons of water a bit at a time, but don't let it get too wet.
- Remove from bowl and form into 2 balls.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each ball into a circle.
- Use crusts as directed in your recipe, for one double-crust pie, or two single-crust pies.
FLAKY PIE CRUST
From Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything For any single-crust pie, 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Double the recipe for a two-crust pie.
Provided by Lizzie Rodriquez
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 1 pie crust, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in the container of a food processor; pulse once or twice. Add the butter and turn on the machine; process until the butter and flour are blended and the mixture looks like cornmeal, about 10 seconds.
- Place the mixture in a bowl and sprinkle 3 tablespoons of water over it. Use a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula to gradually gather the mixture into a ball; if the mixture seems dry, add another ½ tablespoon ice water. When you can make the mixture into a ball with your hands, do so. Wrap in plastic wrap, flatten into a small disk, and freeze the dough for 10 minutes (or refrigerate for 30 minutes); this will ease rolling. (You can also refrigerate the dough for a day or two, or freeze it almost indefinitely.).
- You can roll the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap, usually quite successfully; sprinkle both sides of it with a little more flour, then proceed. Or sprinkle a countertop or large board with flour. Unwrap the dough and place it on the work surface; sprinkle its top with flour. If the dough is hard, let it rest for a few minutes; it should give a little when you press your fingers into it.
- Roll with light pressure, from the center out. (If the dough seems very sticky at first, add flour liberally; but if it becomes sticky only after you roll it for a few minutes, return it to the refrigerator for 10 minutes before proceeding.) Continue to roll, adding small amounts of flour as necessary, rotating the dough occasionally, and turning it over once or twice during the process. (Use ragged edges of dough to repair any tears, adding a drop of water while you press the patch into place.) When the dough is about 10 inches in diameter (it will be less than ¼-inch thick), place your pie plate upside down over it to check the size.
- Move the dough into the pie plate by draping it over the rolling pin or by folding it into quarters, then moving it into the plate and unfolding it. When the dough is in the plate, press it firmly into the bottom, sides, and junction of bottom and sides. Trim the excess dough to about ½ inch all around, then tuck it under itself around the edge of the plate. Decorate the edges with a fork or your fingers. Freeze the dough for 10 minutes (or refrigerate it for 30 minutes).
- When you're ready to bake, prick it all over with a fork.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 167.6, Fat 11.7, SaturatedFat 7.3, Cholesterol 30.5, Sodium 147.4, Carbohydrate 13.9, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 0.6, Protein 1.9
EASY, NO FAIL PASTRY CRUST
I never made pies before this recipe because it never came out right, and I always had a hard time rolling it out. I was watching Martha Stewart one day, and decided to try her recipe with a few of her tricks and it works!! I haven't had any trouble since.
Provided by KillerTasteBuds
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 2 9 inch pie crusts
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Measure the flour, salt, and sugar into a food processor.
- Add a few 1 Tbsp butter piece at a time, and pulse until coarsely chopped.
- Repeat until all butter has been incorporated. Don't pulse too much in between.
- Add a couple of tablespoons of water and pulse. Repeat until the dough is just forming little balls, and falls from the sides.
- Place half the mixture on a sheet of plastic wrap and squish the particles together until you form nice disc. Wrap the disc in the plastic wrap and refrigerate.
- KEY: Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before rolling out.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- This recipe freezes well, so if you only need one 9in pie crust, you can save the other for next time. Just allow time for it to defrost naturally. Don't put in microwave.
WHOLE BONELESS HAM IN PASTRY CRUST
A co-worker told me about this easy and simple recipe that is a family favorite recipe. Her mom bakes her ham for the holidays in store bought boxed pie pastry. This is very simple and makes a wonderful new way to bake your holiday ham.
Provided by kmergirl
Categories Ham
Time 3h20m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place ham in a shallow roasting pan; add water. Cover with aluminum foil. Place in a cold oven and set temperature to 325°F; bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove ham from oven and drain. Cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, roll out pastry dough into a long rectangle 3/8-inch thick. Spread orange marmalade over ham. Place ham on one side of dough and fold over to enclose ham. Brush dough with egg. Return to pan.
- Increase oven temperature to 375°F and bake for 45 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 323.1, Fat 13, SaturatedFat 3, Cholesterol 117.8, Sodium 1753.2, Carbohydrate 26, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 17.6, Protein 25
WHOLE WHEAT PASTRY CRUST
If you prefer to bake with whole grains instead of white flour, then this is the pie crust for you! It's easy to put together and tastes great. This crust has a hearty flavor that pairs especially well with a sausage quiche, but it's great for fruit pies too! The recipe is from "Whole Foods For the Whole Family," a La Leche League cookbook.
Provided by A Messy Cook
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 1 pie crust
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine flour, salt and wheat germ in bowl.
- Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Add egg yolk and water, stirring until mixture forms a ball.
- Wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap; chill for 30 minutes to 24 hours before using.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1296.3, Fat 88.2, SaturatedFat 53.1, Cholesterol 402.5, Sodium 1190, Carbohydrate 113.2, Fiber 19.2, Sugar 0.8, Protein 25.5
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