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Bread flour has a higher percentage of gluten than all-purpose flour or pastry flour. Gluten is a protein molecule that forms a sort of network in dough that is desirable to make bread chewy. But pastry is suppose to be tender or flaky, not chewy or tough. So bread flour is not a good choice for making pastry.
you mix flour, water and margarine/butter together. put it in the pastry design you want cook it then you get a pastry!
You can make a shortcrust-like pastry with self-raising flour, however it will have more of a cakey consistency than a normal pastry consistency. If your only option is to make the pastry with self-raising flour, remember to roll the pastry thinner than usual to negate the rising effect.
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If it is meant to thicken a sauce, or be used to make pastry, just use plain/all purpose flour. If it is meant to make pasta, there is no substitute. If it is used to make bread, switch to a recipe which requires "strong flour".
In a traditional quiche, the only ingredient that will contain gluten is the flour with which the pastry case is made. To make a gluten free version, purchase a bag of gluten free flour and use this for the pastry.
A pastry blender is used to mix solid fats into flour. Its used to make pie crusts, biscuits, etc...
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Watching a cooking show a few days ago. They added cornstarch to flour to make a softer dough. Reduces the percentage of protein in the flour. Used it in some bread and it did work. Tablespoon per cup is what I used.
As a mass noun, pastry is a type of light flour-based dough used to make various foodstuffs.