Ready made pastry.

P.S. Apologies to all of you who don't think shortcrust pastry is easy ...

But it's also funto set yourself a half day and make puff pastry from scratch: make a large amount then divide up and freeze! SUCH satisfaction from the results!

I last made pastry in school. Why bother when you can buy such an excellent product readymade.

I don’t buy shortcrust pastry, but bought puff pastry is so good, it’s not worth the effort of making your own.

giulia

But it's also funto set yourself a half day and make puff pastry from scratch: make a large amount then divide up and freeze! SUCH satisfaction from the results!

Fun?!

Frozen all the way, another here who last made puff at least at school. No doubt I’ve done short at home but no longer as it’s so not necessary.

This message isnt meant to be sarcastic or nasty Pammie1 but can i just say FUN ?!?!?!?!?!?! x

Serendipity22

This message isnt meant to be sarcastic or nasty Pammie1 but can i just say FUN ?!?!?!?!?!?! x

I think you may have meant that for Giulia ?

Oooops, sorry Pammie1 ...

Heres a bunch of blooms as my apology....

I used to be a firm believer in making my own pastry until my sister converted me when she was making sausage rolls. How easy they were to make and hardly any mess at all. I now buy a pack of sausages and skin them myself, along with a pack of ready made pastry, puff or shortcrust, and the sausage rolls turn out divine every time. Much better than shop bought sausage rolls.

That’s how I do mine meowwow

Wowwwww.... im going to try these MeowWow and Grandmadinosaur

MeowWow

I used to be a firm believer in making my own pastry until my sister converted me when she was making sausage rolls. How easy they were to make and hardly any mess at all. I now buy a pack of sausages and skin them myself, along with a pack of ready made pastry, puff or shortcrust, and the sausage rolls turn out divine every time. Much better than shop bought sausage rolls.

I do too, you can get much better tasting sausages than sausage eat.
If you use ready rolled pastry, you can do the whole thing on the grease proof paper that comes with it, so no mess, no flour everywhere, just brush the tops with egg and grind a little black pepper or sprinkle some mixed herbs on top.

But pastry is so easy to make. Puff pastry is different of course. But shortcrust? It takes 10 minutes or less.

GagaJo

But pastry is so easy to make. Puff pastry is different of course. But shortcrust? It takes 10 minutes or less.

Plus all the cleaning up and flour gett everywhere.

Just Ról pastry is great and the Aldi pastry just as good. I'm not keen on the Tesco one though.

Tsk. Tsk.
Whatever next!

Can't make any sort of pastry, except shortcrust, and that comes out of a packet (just add water).

Prefer the block to the ready rolled. I make a lot of samosas. Who on earth would want to make their own filo?? I remember a series of Bake Off when they were asked to make it.

I like to make my own shortcrust pastry, it always turns out well.
Puff pastry, on the other hand, I buy from the supermarket. Languishing in my freezer are some vol-au-vent cases I bought at Christmas and didn't use. I'm wary about using them now, I have gallbladder trouble.

As with others, I like to make my own shortcrust pastry as I like to control what goes in it, but buy puff and filo.

I can still remember the ingredients for pastry from school exams, we ween't allowed to see the recipe.
Half fat[half butter /half lard] to flour a pinch of salt rub to bread crumbs and mix with drops of ice cold water with a blunt knife.
Do I make it myself ? Only for mince pies and that's a recipe with orange rind and icing sugar in a mixer. Bought butter puff pastry is far superior to mine.
If your listening from up there Miss Sc... thats why I didn't do domestic science for O level .

Old Ma Allen at my school was the scariest most horrible teacher in the world. She “ taught” domestic science. I’ve never made any pastry since except basic shortcrust as it will be forever linked to failure, sarcasm, fear and tears due to that woman!
Yes Mary Berry said it’s not worth making puff, filo etc as the bought versions are so good and easy.

I usually use ready made pastry but I've got a few recipes that have extra ingredients in the pastry and for those I make my own.

It's easy to make vegan pastry with oil (or you can use melted butter) - and avoid rolling it out, too - just pat into shape in the baking tin. It saves time, effort, mess and clearing up - my kind of cooking!

www.biggerbolderbaking.com/no-roll-pie-crust-5-minutes/

When I was a teenager, I used to make amazing puff, and ruff puff pastry. I don't know what happened in the intervening years, but I cannot make pastry of any type for love nor money. I have lost count of how many blobs of pastry I have hurled across the kitchen in a rage.

Ready made all the way for me now

It's easy to make vegan pastry with oil (or you can use melted butter)
If you are using melted butter, it’s not vegan.