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kiya ([personal profile] kiya) wrote2010-04-11 01:41 am
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Pastry is nervewracking.

[identity profile] its-just-me.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Do tell. I'm sure we can swap stories.

[identity profile] its-just-me.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I totlaly get that. The whole folding thing. My doom is pastry dough, pie crust and such.

pie-crust

[identity profile] eldriwolf.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
--keep the fat in pea-sized chunks, do not over mix.
when you roll it out they smear into tiny fat-pocket layers that can then puff up.
It took me a long time to learn "don't Handle it!"

While I was learning they were mostly Very Small and used for 'sugar pie', baked treats for kids. (roll it out, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, cooked flat,rolled, or twisted)

OK I also used the 'four,two,one'(*) mix which is richer than some
(*)(twice as much flour as fat---then add half as much liquid as fat---you can make Any amount, large, to *tiny*, without much math.)

Re: pie-crust

[identity profile] its-just-me.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The best luck I have had involved subbing vodka for water.
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Re: pie-crust

[personal profile] whispercricket 2010-04-12 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I've heard vodka or seltzer.
keshwyn: A woman attempts to stuff an octopus into a dutch oven. (cooking)

[personal profile] keshwyn 2010-04-11 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.