Different pastry types
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Different pastry types
How many are there?
Aside from plain, sweet, cheese/herb or wholemeal shortcrust, flaky/puff, and hot water crust, all basically standard. (I've forgotten what Jamaican patties with annatto comprise.)
I ask because I came across this one below (courtesy Pepper Pig in tuna link on Other Stuff).
It's for empanadillas which uses these items:
Olive oil and warm water (or dry white wine) (50:50),
salt,
plain flour,
egg yolks.
I'd never have dreamed that up, nor yet know how good it is, but it's different from "standard" and maybe others are?
Ta.
Scroll down a little to: "Pies with a tomato, pepper and tuna filling"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... udia-roden
Aside from plain, sweet, cheese/herb or wholemeal shortcrust, flaky/puff, and hot water crust, all basically standard. (I've forgotten what Jamaican patties with annatto comprise.)
I ask because I came across this one below (courtesy Pepper Pig in tuna link on Other Stuff).
It's for empanadillas which uses these items:
Olive oil and warm water (or dry white wine) (50:50),
salt,
plain flour,
egg yolks.
I'd never have dreamed that up, nor yet know how good it is, but it's different from "standard" and maybe others are?
Ta.
Scroll down a little to: "Pies with a tomato, pepper and tuna filling"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... udia-roden
Re: Different pastry types
There are yeast risen pastries. The ones I know are used in Lardy Cakes and the like. The thin version is used in Spandauer - the genuine Danish pastries you get in Denmark.
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Re: Different pastry types
There´s also choux pastry. And cream cheese pastry.
The recipe for empanadillas looks interesting, although unless you´re absolutely determined to try it, I´d just use puff pastry.
The recipe for empanadillas looks interesting, although unless you´re absolutely determined to try it, I´d just use puff pastry.
Re: Different pastry types
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How long is a piece of string? There must be hundreds and hundreds, Jeral. Any type of flour can be made into pastry or a paste, which is what the word comes from. Pastry is often very regional and even very localised as well, often depending on ingredients and culinary traditions. For example, while I haven't come across the empanadilla pastry you posted, I use various versions of olive oil pastry for different dishes - there's a northern Italian green/veg tart that uses olive oil pastry, for instance. It's a pretty robust pastry.
Jamaican patties often use a flaky pastry coloured with turmeric or annatto.
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How long is a piece of string? There must be hundreds and hundreds, Jeral. Any type of flour can be made into pastry or a paste, which is what the word comes from. Pastry is often very regional and even very localised as well, often depending on ingredients and culinary traditions. For example, while I haven't come across the empanadilla pastry you posted, I use various versions of olive oil pastry for different dishes - there's a northern Italian green/veg tart that uses olive oil pastry, for instance. It's a pretty robust pastry.
Jamaican patties often use a flaky pastry coloured with turmeric or annatto.
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Re: Different pastry types
And there’s Moroccan brik (or brick) aka warqa pastry, which I’ve eaten but not made.
Also tride and rghaif (also Moroccan I think) which I’ve read about but never eaten let alone made. There are recipes online but I’ve no idea which are authentic.
Also tride and rghaif (also Moroccan I think) which I’ve read about but never eaten let alone made. There are recipes online but I’ve no idea which are authentic.
Re: Different pastry types
Sunflower shared a few back in the day for Chinese things, I've made some of them. I particularly remember the duck "pancakes", where you sandwich two bits of dough together which means you can roll them twice as thin. And to jump to a different continent, I've made samosa pastries which are not quite like any other.
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Re: Different pastry types
There is indeed samosa pastry which I think is similar to the empanada pastry but without the egg
https://www.cookwithmanali.com/samosa-recipe/
Although many samosas are made with filo and baked those made with samosa pastry and fried are so much nicer
Then there’s the Turkish or Middle Eastern saç yufka which like brik could be considered a kind of pancake used as pastry
https://www.cookwithmanali.com/samosa-recipe/
Although many samosas are made with filo and baked those made with samosa pastry and fried are so much nicer
Then there’s the Turkish or Middle Eastern saç yufka which like brik could be considered a kind of pancake used as pastry
Re: Different pastry types
Thanks - a couple I will have to look up, including Jamaican patties to clarify as I've never seen a flaky one.
The samosas that Stokey Sue linked to are a real show stopper aren't they? I've saved the recipe for one of those times when you need escapism by fiddling about as a break from "things that must be done".
Yes that all flours can make pastes, so on reflection therefore if must be the inclusion of eggs that threw me. Perhaps the empanadillas are thereby made to be filling as well as wholesome despite their small size?
The samosas that Stokey Sue linked to are a real show stopper aren't they? I've saved the recipe for one of those times when you need escapism by fiddling about as a break from "things that must be done".
Yes that all flours can make pastes, so on reflection therefore if must be the inclusion of eggs that threw me. Perhaps the empanadillas are thereby made to be filling as well as wholesome despite their small size?
Re: Different pastry types
Stokey Sue wrote:There is indeed samosa pastry which I think is similar to the empanada pastry but without the egg
https://www.cookwithmanali.com/samosa-recipe/
Looks really good - might have to. Haven't had samosas for ages. Other v good looking recipes on there too.
Re: Different pastry types
madhur jaffrey's recipe (eastern veg. cooking) for samosa dough is a little different to that one.
180g plain flour
¼ tsp salt
4tbs soft unsalted butter
plus ≏ 5tbs of water.
it's the one i make.
and mamta's.
180g plain flour
¼ tsp salt
4tbs soft unsalted butter
plus ≏ 5tbs of water.
it's the one i make.
and mamta's.
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Re: Different pastry types
I have to say I linked to that one because it was the first good illustration I came across
I have made a version from another of Madhur Jaffrey's books, which used oil like Mamta's
Tony Singh recommends using a pasta machine to roll out the pastry if you have one
I haven't bothered to make them for a long time, as they are so easy to buy round here, but what really made me think of it was that I bought one from a young woman at a local flea market, and the pastry was so good I complimented her on it, so much nicer than filo
If I'm ever able to throw a party again, I'll get some from Kashmiri Kebabish who make lovely little ones that work as canapés
I have made a version from another of Madhur Jaffrey's books, which used oil like Mamta's
Tony Singh recommends using a pasta machine to roll out the pastry if you have one
I haven't bothered to make them for a long time, as they are so easy to buy round here, but what really made me think of it was that I bought one from a young woman at a local flea market, and the pastry was so good I complimented her on it, so much nicer than filo
If I'm ever able to throw a party again, I'll get some from Kashmiri Kebabish who make lovely little ones that work as canapés
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Re: Different pastry types
A question for the pastry makers....... At the weekend I had my slow cooker on with some FREE pork bones, ribs etc. I have now chilled down the stock and there is a lovely layer of pork fat on top which I have removed from the stock and want to have a go at using it for hot water crust pastry? Would this work or should I use it for a savoury pastry to make a pork scrappulings pie with apples etc. Any advice gratefully received.
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Does anyone else remember Clarissa making see-through very thin filo (probably named something else) on a Two Fat Ladies programme? It was very impressive.
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Re: Different pastry types
halfateabag wrote:A question for the pastry makers....... At the weekend I had my slow cooker on with some FREE pork bones, ribs etc. I have now chilled down the stock and there is a lovely layer of pork fat on top which I have removed from the stock and want to have a go at using it for hot water crust pastry? Would this work or should I use it for a savoury pastry to make a pork scrappulings pie with apples etc. Any advice gratefully received.
I always accumulate and save the fat that lays on the top of home-made stock... never thought of using it in pastry. No idea what a scrappulings pie is though
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Re: Different pastry types
I would assume that you can use for pastry any fat that at room temperature is the right consistency to rub in
A lot of the "by product" drippings are probably too solid, they might work in hot water crust, but my one attempt at that was not a success
A lot of the "by product" drippings are probably too solid, they might work in hot water crust, but my one attempt at that was not a success
Re: Different pastry types
halfateabag wrote:A question for the pastry makers....... At the weekend I had my slow cooker on with some FREE pork bones, ribs etc. I have now chilled down the stock and there is a lovely layer of pork fat on top which I have removed from the stock and want to have a go at using it for hot water crust pastry? Would this work or should I use it for a savoury pastry to make a pork scrappulings pie with apples etc. Any advice gratefully received.
Works fine fine for hw pastry.
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Re: Different pastry types
I might worry about the fat's flavour if used for sweet things. Only because lards sold for pastry have been de-flavoured to be quite neutral, whereas "straight from the pan" dripping or stock fat probably still has a lot of flavour.
Alternatively to pastry, plenty of cooking uses for pork fat dripping. A slice of fried bread for starters
Alternatively to pastry, plenty of cooking uses for pork fat dripping. A slice of fried bread for starters
Re: Different pastry types
jeral wrote:I might worry about the fat's flavour if used for sweet things. Only because lards sold for pastry have been de-flavoured to be quite neutral, whereas "straight from the pan" dripping or stock fat probably still has a lot of flavour.
Claramente. For savoury dishes.
Last edited by ZeroCook on Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Different pastry types
Surely rendered pork fat is Lard and clarified beef ‘drippings’ is Dripping. Dripping is used for frying and lard is used for pastry.
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