To prepare the shortcrust pastry, put in the mixer equipped with blades the flour (1), the cold butter in pieces from the ...

It’s amazing that a whole myriad of pastry varieties – from crumbly, melt in-the-mouth shortcrust to glassy, flaky puff, to ethereally light choux – are all created using butter, flour and ...

This is a quick and easy recipe for shortcrust pastry. If you're new to making pastry, you won't believe how simple it can be. You can make it by hand or in a food processor. The secret is to ...

Rub the cold butter into flour until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Using a fork add the water to bring the pastry together. You may need to add a little more to bind the mixture or a little less.

Wrap the pastry dough in baking parchment and place into the fridge to firm up for about two hours. Heat the oven to 180˚C/ gas mark 4. Grease and flour a loose base tart tin. I use one that is ...

I was asked to collaborate on the dish by transforming it into a pot pie. Using an easy-to-remember shortcrust pastry recipe – four parts flour, two parts butter and one part water – I rolled ...

Also, Bolton-based pastry chef Dinesh Patel makes his signature Shrikhand cheesecake, which combines elements of a classic ...