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HINTS FOR BEST RESULTS
PASTRy
• A selection of ready-rolled pastry,
such as pie crust, puff or butter puff, is
available in your supermarket freezer
or specialty food store. These pastries
give great results and are handy to keep
in your freezer. Allow sufficient time
to defrost to room temperature before
use. Filo pastry can be used for some
pies. Use filo pastry from the chilled
refrigerator section of the supermarket.
Frozen filo pastry can be brittle and
difficult to shape.
• Pastry sheets should be kept chilled then
thawed when needed. For best results,
frozen pastry should be used as soon as
it is thawed. If left out for too long, soft
pastry sheets are difficult to handle and
to cut clean shapes.
• For a light and buttery taste, use puff
pastry or butter puff pastry for the
pastry top; and puff pastry or ready-
rolled pie crust for the pastry base. This
combination is ideal for dessert pies. We
do not recommend using ready-rolled
pie crust for your pastry top.
• Some pies, such as tarts and quiches, can
be made with a pastry base only. Certain
fillings are not suitable for this - they
can overflow out of the pastry base and
onto the Cooking Plates - so follow the
recipe instructions within this booklet
or experiment with the consistency of
the fillings. Drier, firmer fillings tend to
work best.
• Unused pastry sheets can be refrozen.
Place into a large freezer bag and seal
before placing back into the freezer.
USING LEFT-OvER PASTRy
• Make more pies, garnishes and
decorations with the left over pastry.
Lightly knead the left-over pieces into a
ball and roll out to approximately V inch
(3mm) thick.
TIP
It is easier to roll pastry between
2 sheets of waxed baking paper.
To make garnishes and decorations,
cut the pastry into any shape, such
as leaves, hearts, or stars. Place the
shape on the pastry top before baking
as usual.
NOTE
It is recommended that only ready-
rolled pie crust pastry be re-rolled.
Also, keep the pastry covered to
prevent drying and cracking.
PRE-CUTTING PASTRy
• Pastry can be pre-cut and stored in the
freezer so that anyone can make pies at
their convenience. After cutting up the
pastry, separate each piece with a layer
of plastic wrap. Cover completely with
plastic wrap and return to the freezer.