Tuesday 23 October 2012

Vegan shortcrust pastry

Vegan Shortcrust Pastry.

This is my go to recipe for pastry, its simple and is done in minutes, I find it works well in sweet or savoury dishes, go on have a go at pastry. You can make this without a processor but it does make it so fast. 

Yummy pastry



 Ingrediants

225g/8oz plain flour
pinch of salt
100g/4oz vegan margarine
2 1/2 tablespoons cold water 


Four ingrediants only

Method
  1. Place the salt and flour into the processor.
  2. Add the margarine when the processor is on a low speed, in small pieces.
  3. Keep the processor on medium and add the water. Increase the processor gradually until all the ingrediants combine.
  4. Stop when the pastry froms a ball.
  5. Knead lightly to form a ball. Cover in clingfilm and refridgerate until needed. 
Non processor method
  1.  Place the flour and salt in a bowl.
  2. Add the margarine and rub in lightly with your fingertipsuntil the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  3. Sprinkle over the water and mix, using a round-bladed knife, until the mixture begins to bind together and form a dough.
  4. Knead together very lightly and use as required.
N.B. You can freeze the pastry at this stage for use later, it should be used within a couple of months. You could also funk up the pastry at the dry stage by adding herbs, dried or fresh ( very finely chopped ). I also use this recipe to make sweet pastry with lemon zest etc. Nuts would also be a nice edition. I would suggest a couple of tsps for this amount of pastry.  



Basic plain flour

vegan margarine

Food processor makes light work of pastry

Pastry ready for the fridge

4 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for this recipe! I used it to make mince pies for Christmas this year and they turned out awesome. The pastry was crisp and delicious. I can't wait to try using it in some other recipes.

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  2. Thanks for this. Makes for a good base recipe.

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  3. Will be trying this recipe today, however will substitute the marg with a nut butter (will see whats in the pantry) <3

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    1. I never thought of using a nut butter in place of marg. How did it work out for you?

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