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11/03/2010

Basic Recipe - Hot Water Crust Pastry

Ingredients £0.28

225 g (8 oz) Plain Flour
1 x 2.5 ml spoon (½ tsp) salt
100 ml (4 fl oz) water
75 g (3 oz) lard
egg yolk

Method

1 Mix flour and salt in bowl, make a well in the centre.
2 Boil water and lard together, add quickly to the flour mixture. Mix rapidly with a wooden spoon.
3 Knead with hands until the dough is soft and pliable.
4 Mould around jam jars for individual pies or inside a springform release cake tin for larger pies.