8oz plain flour salt 1/2 level tsp baking powder 3 oz butter cold water for mixing 1 egg, separated Sift flour, salt, baking powder into a large bowl, rub/cut in butter until bread crumb like. Add egg yolk, and then gradually add water to make a firm dough. Do not overwork. Either press into the… Continue reading Aunty Betty’s shortcrust pastry

A fool-proof, temperature-proof, easy, vegan-isable puff pastry. From the recipe here. Well worth the read for the techniques. Below are relevant quotes from that page to save for posterity on my site: The  pastry is basically made up of two separate dough, 1.The water dough (水油麵皮) 2.The other the lard or shortened dough (油酥麵皮). The basic water… Continue reading Huaiyang (Chinese flaky) pastry