Hotwater pastry
An average of 5.0 out of 5 stars from 2 ratings
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- less than 10 mins
- Serve
- Serves 6-8
- Dietary
- Nut-freePregnancy-friendly
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 100ml/3½fl oz water
- 80g/3oz lard
Method
Put the flour, salt and egg into a bowl and roughly mix together.
Put the water and lard in a small saucepan and heat together until it reaches boiling point.
Stir into the flour mixture and bring into a ball. Wrap in clingfilm and rest at room temperature for 5 minutes before moulding into your pie dish or mould.
The pastry will harden as it cools.
