The Scottish say they invented shortbread 400 years ago, but the inimitably decadent mix of flour, butter and sugar has no one birthplace. Spanish speakers call their shortbread polvorones; the French, sablés ("sand tarts"). Even China and India have variations .
it was never invented it was already here but it was discovered by a woman named margaret who was feeding her cat whiskers with plastic bottles when the cat coughed up a hair ball that was a shortbread biscuit.
1. shortcrust pastry 2.flaky pastry 3.puff pastry 4.choux pastry
shortcrust pastry
Yes, shortcrust pastry should be baked blind for 10-12 minutes before it is filled
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Pie. That is all.
The quick answer is that shortcrust pasty is ideal for holding runny ingredients, such as the filling for a lemon pie.
Shortcrust pastry is classically made without raising agents - just plain flour, butter, salt and water.
* tarts (jam,treacle etc.) * cornish pasties * pies
No - though either could be used for baking a savoury pie or dessert. Shortcrust pastry has a higher proportion of fat to flour and requires more careful handling. For a dessert there is usually a good proportion of sugar added to shortcrust pastry. It is easy to make at home. Flakey pastry is made by a process of rolling and folding so that a pastry with thin layers of pastry separated by a thin smear of fat is produced. It is much more cost-effective to buy this type of pastry. It keeps in the freezer and is easier to handle than short crust. It has no sugar in it so can be used for either sweet or savoury pies. Flakey pastry can rise impressively during cooking and by glazing it with egg-wash it can bake to a glossy golden brown. You needn't line a pie dish with it. You can simply fill the dish with the filling and roll just a flakey pastry top, slash and glaze it before putting it in the oven. When serving you can lift off the whole top, portion it, and serve a piece of pastry to each guest along with the spooned-out filling.
hai iam haroon, The difference is in the apply of fat on the flour. In puff pastry the fat is spread on the rolled dough, where as in shortcrust the fat and flour is mix into sandy like texture using finger tips or icing spatcula.
Some synonyms for the pastry turnover include shortcrust pastry, puff pastry, or dessert sandwich. A turnover is made from a fluff dough filled with sweet fillings.
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