shortcrust

[sheila2155]

New cook!!
I keep using a ready made short crust pastry mix from Tesco.
I bake blind for 10 mins on 4 and then add the quiche ingredients.
after cooking the quiche tastes great but the pastry is heavy and discoloured - not nice!
Any recipes out there for a light tasty short crust pastry for my quiche will be much appreciated.
Sheila

[patsyann]

Brush beaten egg over the pastry before baking blind and it will seal it so that when you put the quiche mixture in it will not start to soak in.

[billearly]

8ozs Self Raising Flour,40zs white Flora or Trex,water to bind.just rub the fat into the flour to look like fine breadcrumbs add water to make a stiffish dough ,if you do not have cool hands put in the fridge for a short while to rest before rolling out ,the pastry Imean not your hands!!!!!!!Good Luck

[grenaby]

What I do is to make sure I cook the quiche in a metal container and cut out some greaseproof to fit the inside of the pastry. Bake blind, removing the baking beads after about 15 mins and then I brush with beaten egg and put back into the oven for about 5 minutes. I also put the metal tin onto a baking sheet as the heat will help cook the pastry. i have never had soggy pastry using this method.

To make a decent pastry use half fat to flour and rub in well until like breadcrumbs. Add cold water and handle this as little as possible. Try and rest the pastry in a fridge for about 30 minutes if you can. Roll out onto a floured surface and turn a 1/4 turn each time you roll. Put onto the rolling pin to carry it to the container and put it into it the dish without stretching it at all.
Hope this helps

[WendyS]

I have rarely been able to make decent short crust pastry, epsecially in hot weather as I seem to have very hot hands which pastry loathes. Now I cheat and buy the Hoppers ready-made cases from the supermarket.

[sheila2155]

thanks everybody - here's to my next attempt!
Sheila

[Dee Sa]

I use the pastry to line the dish and then pour in the quiche mixture, add whatever else i.e. mushrooms, tomato etc and bake , dont bother to bake blind first and its always fine.