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How to make pastry

Pastry is daunting, but our step-by-step videos can show you how to make gorgeous tasting treats - from humble pies and sausage rolls to elegant tarts.
Sweet shortcrust pastry
by Benjamina Ebuehi

Making your own sweet shortcrust pastry is so satisfying and results in a tastier pie. Give yourself enough time to properly rest and chill the pastry before baking for a perfect result. Use this quantity of pastry to make a 20cm/8in pie with a lid, such as Benjamina's cherry pie, or to line a 23cm/9in tart tin.

Cakes and baking

How to make rough puff pastry

by Claire Thomson
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Easy shortcrust pastry

by The BBC Food team
Cakes and baking

Cherry pie

by Benjamina Ebuehi
Cakes and baking

Cheat’s rough puff pastry

by Paul Hollywood
Cakes and baking

Leftovers pie

by Claire Thomson
Main course

Mary Berry's lemon tart

by Mary Berry
Desserts

Fruit tarts

by Michel Roux Jr.
Cakes and baking

Blueberry and lemon millefeuille

by Lorraine Pascale
Desserts

How to make profiteroles

by Lesley Waters
Desserts

Lemon and raspberry éclairs

by Mary Berry
Cakes and baking

Homemade sausage rolls

by Claire Thomson
Light meals & snacks

Easy apple crumble-topped pie

by William Leigh
Cakes and baking

Raised chicken and ham pie

by Mary Berry
Main course

Kouign amann

by Paul Hollywood
Cakes and baking

Traditional puff pastry

by Lesley Waters
Cakes and baking
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