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How to make pastries Most people find it hard to make it but it very much easy The most popular pastry is the short crust pastry A successful short-crust pastry should be light and would crumble easily Ingredients 120g fat. 1/2tsp salt 300g flour. Cold water to mix (margarine can also be used but makes pastry heavy, butter can also be Used)

Procedure 1.sieve the flour and salt into a cool basin 2.Rub fat into the flour with the tips of the finger until it looks like gari 3.Make a well at the centre and add enough cold water to from a stiff paste 4.Turn the pastry on a lightly floured pastry board Knead lightly till free from crack 5.Toll out to a required shape.The pastry should be about 1/2cm in thickness 6.Bake in a hot oven in order to prevent the fat melting and separating from the flour 7.Serve hot or cold From:Duchinie_Group Like our page on Wikipedia