Can you make pastry

[starone]

with Olive Oil? If so, what proportions do you use to 500 gms of flour.
Thaks for any help. I know ABers know everything so I am very confident I shall get an answer.

[vodkancoke]

Ive never made this Starbuckzone so can't say if it would work or not, but I found this through Google. Hope it works! :)

http://joannasfood.bl...olive-oil-pastry.html

[starone]

*Thanks* not thaks - slip of the fingers.

[starone]

Thanks vodka. I am going to try this recipe. I have written it down, and, as you said, I hope it works. The reason I asked is because I started to make some pastry and then discovered that Flora pro-activ was not suitable for baking. I have plenty of olive oil, so now I can go on with making this meat and onion pie. Yummy.

[vodkancoke]

Yum! Sounds good. Let us know how it goes! :)

[starone]

Hope you see this vodka. Tried this pastry and it is very nice. I shall do it again because I think it is probably more healthy than ordinary pastry. I made 6 pastie type pies which I have put into the freezer for gradual use and a small pie - well I suppose it was quite big really - which I had for my evening meal. There was a small piece iof pastry left which I made sugar sticks out of - I ate them too - very nice. Thanks again for your help. Now I wonder if I can make a crumble for apple crumble using olive oil? Getting very adventurous here!

[scotman]

Must be expensive pastry using olive oil.

[Anngel123]

Starbuck, I often use light olive oil to make a sponge cake just changing the weight of fat for oil. It makes interesting eating if you like olive oil...

[piggynose]

i wish i discovered this years ago, i wouldve saved a lot of time. I made a batch the other day, the oil keeps the pastry together, so its easy to work with. Plus living in Spain, olive oil is a lot cheaper than the uk, anyway you only have to use 3 tablespoons for every 10oz of flour.