All Butter Pastry
Consider this your master pastry recipe for all savoury pies
Makes enough for: 1 batch pastry
Ingredients
- 300 g flour, plus extra for dusting
- 227 g salted butter, cubed
- 45 mls fridge water
- 10 mls apple cider vinegar
Method
- Place the flour and butter into a stand mixer bowl
- Beat until course crumbs form
- Place the water and vinegar into a small jug and mix
- Slowly pour into the mixer bowl, with the motor running
- When a dough forms, tip it out onto cling film, and shape into a disc
- Wrap and place into the fridge for 2 hours
- Preheat your oven to 200° Celsius
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll into 5mm thick circle
- Press into a pie tin and don't trim the edges
- Place into the oven blind bake with baking beans for 14 minutes
- Remove from the oven, remove the baking beans and reduce the oven temperature to 180° Celsius
- Place back into the oven and bake for 6 minutes before removing from the oven and adding your desired filling for cooking