Thursday, December 24, 2009

Food recipes to make with shortcrust pastry?

Hi i have some shortcrust pastry but am unsure of what to make with it if you have any recipe ideas let me know (not really a quiche fan though) triciaFood recipes to make with shortcrust pastry?
Try the following





Baked apple dumplings


500g/1lb shortcrust pastry


4 even-sized cooking apples, peeled and cored


50g/2oz sugar


milk to glaze


caster sugar





Method


1. Divide the pastry into four pieces and roll each piece into a round 20-25cm/8-10in across.


2. Place one apple on each pastry circle and fill the centre with sugar.


3. Moisten the edges of the pastry with water. Gather the edges to the top, pressing well, to seal them together.


4. Turn the dumplings over. Brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with caster sugar.


5. Decorate with pastry leaves if desired.


6. Bake on a greased tray towards the top of the oven at 220C/425F/Gas7, and continue to cook for a further thirty minutes until the apples are soft. Eat hot or cold.





or Cheese and onion pasties





900g/2lb shortcrust pastry


2 tbsp vegetable oil


450g/1lb onions, peeled and sliced


450g/1lb mature cheddar, cut into 1cm cubes


1 tsp paprika


salt and pepper


1 egg, beaten, for glazing





Method


1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.


2. Roll out the pastry and cut out 6 circles 20cm/8in in diameter.


3. Heat the oil and cook the onions in it until starting to soften. Take off the heat and cool.


4. Stir in the cheese cubes and paprika and season well. Divide the mixture between the six circles and crimp the edges together.


5. Brush with a little of the beaten egg. Put on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the pastry is golden. Serve hot or cold





or Plum and Soured Cream Flan





Shortcrust Pastry


For the filling:


1录 lb (575 g) dessert plums


10 fl oz (275 ml) soured cream


1 oz (25 g) caster sugar


3 egg yolks


陆 level teaspoon mixed spice


1 level teaspoon ground cinnamon


2 oz (50 g) demerara sugar





Pre-heat the oven, and a baking sheet, to gas mark 6, 400掳F (200掳C).





You will also need a 10 inch (25.5 cm) fluted flan tin, greased.





Roll out the shortcrust pastry and line the flan tin. For the filling, halve the plums and remove the stones. Now beat the soured cream together with the caster sugar, egg yolks and mixed spice, then pour this into the pastry case and arrange the plums over the top (flat side up). Place the flan on the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Then mix the cinnamon with the demerara sugar and sprinkle it all over the top. Bake for a further 20 minutes, turning the heat right up to gas mark 8, 450掳F (230掳C) for the final 5 minutes so that the top can brown nicely. Serve warm or cold





or Quick 'n' easy apple pie


For the filling


700g/1.5lb Bramley apples, peeled, cored and sliced


80-125g/3-4oz soft brown sugar


grated rind and juice of 1 orange


1 tsp of mixed spice


1 tbsp plain white flour


25g/1oz butter





For the crust


175g/6oz prepared shortcrust pastry


5-10g/1-2tsp caster sugar





Method


1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas6, 15 minutes before baking the pie.


2. Mix together the sugar, grated orange rind, mixed spice and flour.


3. Place a third of the apple slices in the base of a 1.2 litre deep pie dish and sprinkle with half the sugar mixture. Cover with half the remaining apples and sugar then arrange the rest of the apples on top. Pour the orange juice over.


4. Cut the butter into small pieces and dot over the apples.


5. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface about 4cm larger than the pie dish. Cut out a 1.25cm strip. Dampen the edges of pie dish with a little water then place the thin strip on the pie dish edge. Dampen the pastry edge then place the pastry lid in position. Press the edges firmly together. If you like, any pastry trimming can be used to decorate the top.


6. Brush the pastry with a little water and sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes then reduce the temperature to 180C/350F/Gas4 and continue to cook for 30 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown. The pie can be sprinkled with a little more sugar after baking if you wish.


7. Serve warm with cream, custard or ice cream.





Variations


1. Replace the grated orange rind with 2tsp of ground cinnamon, add to the soft brown sugar and flour.


2. Add about 2-3 whole cloves to each layer of apples in the pie dish.


3. Add 80g/3oz cut mixed peel to the apple layer





or Raspberry and almond slice


500g/1lb 1陆oz shortcrust pastry


50g/1戮oz butter


50g/1戮oz caster sugar


1 small egg


125g/4陆oz ground almonds


录 tsp vanilla extract


200g/7录oz raspberries


1 small orange, zest only


25g/1oz whole blanched almonds, crushed





Method


1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.


2. Roll out the pastry to a 12in/30cm x 8in/20cm rectangle and transfer to a greased baking sheet. Prick with a fork and bake for five minutes.


3. Beat the butter and caster sugar until pale and fluffy. Stir in the egg, ground almonds and vanilla extract to make a stiff paste.


4. Spread the almond paste on top of the pastry leaving a border of pastry on the outside.


5. Combine the raspberries and orange zest. Scatter over the paste and push down slightly.


6. Scatter over the crushed almonds.


7. Bake for 20-25 minutes until puffed and golden.


8. Remove from the oven and gently transfer to a wire rack to cool. Slice and serveFood recipes to make with shortcrust pastry?
chicken and leek pie.





brown onions and leeks add chicken pieces, add a small amount of flour, and mix. add a little butter, then milk (little at a time) until mixture becomes thick and creamy. Add a stock cube (I use knorr chicken stock cubes or vegetable) Mix well. Put in your choice of herbs (tarragon is good or basil) season.





Place into your shortcrust pastry case and top with pastry. cook in the oven for about 40 mins.





You can vary this recipie by adding other vegetables or meat.
Well you can do sausage rolls, pie (chicken, beef, vegetable, but not a pork pie, you need hot water pastry for that!), you could do strawberry or lemon tarts, tarte tatine, and so much more!
Something that is really good either hot or cold (especially cold though with a salad), is a sausagemeat and apple pie...





You basically lline a pie dish with pastry and then pop some sausagemeat into the bottom of it. Then, lay a few layers of apple on the top of this (cooking apples can be a little tarte so maybe a sprinkle of sugar on the top, or, if you don't want to use apples, use apple sauce) then pop the pastry lid on the top and pop it in the over until golden brown.





Leave to cool and serve with salad... delicious!
strawberry tarts :)
here it is....





try this one...





Lemon Sponge Pie





1tbsp. butter


1 cup sugar


2 tbsp. flour


Pinch of salt


2 eggs, separated


Juice of 1 lemon


Grated rind of 1 lemon


1 unbaked 9'; pie crust





1. Blend together butter and sugar until completely mixed. Add flour, salt and grated lemon rind and mix thoroughly.





2. Beat egg yolks until lemon colored and blend with first mixture. Stir in lemon juice and mix well. Add milk and blend thoroughly.





3. Using clean beaters, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold in lemon yolk mixture until the froth is fairly evenly distributed through it all.





4. Pour into a 9'; pie lined with uncooked pie crust. Bake in a preheated 425 F. oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 F. and bake 35 minutes more. Let cool before serving. May be served either completely cool or still slightly warm...





Preparation time: 30 minutes


Baking time : 45 minutes


Serve 8-10
CHICKEN POT PIE





Short crust pastry (frozen or recipe on Crisco tin)





Line pie dish. 2 tins chicken soup, Campbells 1 tin celery coup, Campbells 1/2 c. sm. frozen onions 1/2 c. frozen peas 1/2 c. cream or milk


Mix all together. Place in pie dishes. Cover with pastry. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Makes 2 pies.











WARNING: DELICIOUS!

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