My Mum's Pastry

Everyone’s mum has a particular dish that they are amazing at and no one else’s compares. Well for mine it’s not baking... She’ll admit that one lol! But her pastry is pretty special and for occasions like Christmas I prefer using hers to buying it in. Taught by her dad who was an army chef it’s something I’ve never really mastered. So if I’m doing a bulk load of stuff I ask her to make me a job lot and freeze some.

As it’s the lead up to Christmas it’s a useful thing to have in the freezer. I use it for sausage rolls (using good quality sausage meat and some apple sauce). But it’s equally good for mince pies and meat pies!

It makes easily enough for 25 mini Sausage rolls or 1 large Meat Pie with leftovers!

Ingredients:

4oz Lard

8oz Self Raising Flour

1 Egg – lightly beaten

Water

Method:

1. Sift flour into a large bowl and chop up the lard into it.
2. Using your fingertips combine the flour and lard until it resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Pour in the egg.
4. Add water in bit by bit and enough to form a firmish dough.
5. Knead on a floured surface until smooth.
6. At this stage it can be frozen if you wrap it well.