December 2, 2016 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments
1/2 lb flour
1/2 tsp B.powder
1/4 tsp salt
5 oz shortening best to add water gradually to any pastry as once it is too wet its never the same.
1 yolk of egg
1 tsp lemon juice
1 gill of water (1/4 pint)
Sieve flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add shortening in small piece chop it in with a Knife. I sieve flour baking Powder and salt onto pastry board and chop fat into it with a large knife, put it into a bowl. Beat egg yolk water and lemon juice together Mix flour into a moist dough with liquid
Turn onto a floured board Knead slightly. Roll into an (flat) oblong and fold into 2 then Roll out to size required. Bake in a hot oven. Used for savoury tarts, pies or rolls etc. and apple pie, melon pie too. Bake 20 min in a hot oven
I use a tablespoon to meaure with 1 heaped one = 1 oz. of flour
not quite so heaped for sugar
December 2, 2016 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments
Serves 6
3 large potatoes, 2 large turnips (cut tiny – see below)
3 medium sized onions, 2 x 1/2 inch slices of trombone – “may be omitted” *
1 Pkt good minced beef (500 grams I think)
2 tsp salt, at least
1/2 tsp of pepper.
Slice veg into a dish and chop into small pieces – I use an old mustard tin, any tin with a sharp edge will do, add mince pepper and salt and mix altogether. “with hands I do”, gets meat evenly distributed (& veg may be cut with a knife on a board into very small dice.)
Pastry. Short Crust. for pasty slice
1 cup SR Flour, 1 cup plain Flour
1 cup clean dripping, heaped up a bit if you like a richer pastry, (equal quantities of lard and marg. is also a good shortening in pastry)
1 tsp salt, level, 3/4 cup cold water squeeze of lemon juice if you have one, its alright without,
Add water to flour into which fat has been rubbed – mix into a fairly stiff dough, cut piece of dough in half roll out piece for bottom of tin, Put in veg mix cover with lid of pie brush with milk. **
Cook 40 (60 for soft potato?) min in hot oven (220C, 210C Fan Forced)
NOTES:
* or use butternut instead. A small amount of carrot is good too.
Pastry –
* Lyn – don’t use oil as a substitute for shortening!
** prick holes in pastry to let air out or can get soggy
*** We found the pastry quantities are not proportionate with pie contents – try three times the pastry!
**** Rinse everything in cold water otherwise flour will set making cleanup impossible.
***** Brush up any flour on floor, is a slip hazard!