vegetable shortening..

[tinx]

Hi - I have a new cake tin! The instructions say that I should grease it with vegetable shortening - not butter, marg, lard or any other fat! Does any one know is something like TREX vesgetable fat or is is something else? I have not done anything like this before and I know nothing! Thanks in advance

[ruby27]

I have always used Trex as a alternative to lard ie when making pastry, but was told recently that it is one of the more worrying fats (can not recall what was the problem) - does it actually say not to use those other types of fat as if it is just to grease the tin a bit of vegetable margarine doesn't seem that risky

[teag1rl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortening
apparently cookeen has been reformulated to take out trans-fats. couldnt find out about whether trex is transfat-but this might have been the bad fat Ruby27 refers to.

[BBWCHATT]

http://www.pura.co.uk/speciality.asp

Trex Pure Vegetable Fat is a top quality baking product which is perfect for making pastry.
It has a smooth soft texture and can be used straight from the fridge.

Trex is available in Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Waitrose, and Morrisons stores.
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Pura Solid Vegetable Oil is an ideal product for deep and shallow frying.

It is available in Sainsbury, Asda, Kwiksave, Morrisons and Co-op stores.

[ethandron]

i always grease baking tins with sunflower oil or olive oil, they're both vegetable (obviously). just put some on a piece of kitchen roll and smear it round the tin. never had a problem yet.