Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hot water pastry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Hot water pastry is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Hot water pastry is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Preparation In a large bowl stir together flour and salt and make a well in center. Cut butter and shortening into bits and put into well. A bit of an oddball in pastry terms as the mixture has to be hot rather than cold.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot water pastry using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Hot water pastry:
- Take 2 cup all-purpose flour
- Make ready 1 cup hot water
- Prepare 1/2 cup of ANY kind of fat
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 extra flour for kneading
- Get utensils
- Prepare 1 Mixing bowl
- Get 1 your hands
- Prepare 1 cutting board or counter top
- Get 1 coffee pot or stove top
My fellow Americans, I There's a reason the Brits love hot water crust pastry. This dough has so many checks in its "pro". Hot Water Crust Pies have a thicker, sturdier pastry for holding layers of vegetables and meat. These savory pies were traditionally used for creating hand raised pies, that don't require a dish.
Instructions to make Hot water pastry:
- Sift flour and salt together in a large mixing bowl
- Now, you can EITHER 1) heat your fat and water to boiling on the stove OR 2) Run your water through a clean coffee maker and melt your fat in the microwave. Either way is fine as long as they're boiling hot for the next step
- Move fast but be safe! Dump your hot fat and boiling water into your dry ingredients and combine until a soft dough forms
- Let it rest until its cool enough to handle safely, then knead until it stiffens up, I usually rest it 10 minutes or so then knead it just until stiff (use a lightly floured surface obviously)
- Now you can either use it immediately or you can wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for up to 2 days. Just take it out, roll it or shape it however you wish and stuff it!
- Bake according to your recipe, it blind bakes well too provided you dock it
- This makes enough for 2 9" pie crusts or 1 13x9" pan (bottom only) I don't usually mature it and you can use any kind of fat: butter, lard, shortening, I've even used hamburger grease straight from the pan. You can also season it with various seasonings or spices instead of salt. It makes a nice flaky pastry that is also quite sturdy if you wish to mold your pie instead of using a pan
Hot water crust pastry is made by mixing boiling water and melted fat with flour. It's a flexible but Hot water crust pastry is really easy to work with and you can even make a pin without a tin when. Ruby bakes: This hot-water crust is a versatile beast and great for pasties and pies. Hot water crust pastry is traditionally used for raised pies. It is an unusual pastry, similar to choux Put the water into a medium saucepan.
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