- 500 grams of Plain Flour
- 250 grams of Butter
- 1/4 Cup of Ice Water
Add the very cold butter cut into large cubes.
Use stand mixer on 3 speed with the flat beater (or food processor or by hand) until crummy.
Switch to to dough hook on you mixer (or by hand) and keep adding water until it start to bind together into a dough.
Once bound together, leave to knead (or knead by hand).
Split into two balls, wrap in cling film and refrigerate.
I did have a pastry blip though, I chucked my ceramic pie beads in the pie without lining the base first. Took me ages to pick them all out after blind baking the base...then I read the instructions and it said the line the base with tin foil first DOH!
Hotpot Pie
Brown some cubed beef in a pan, add 2 onions, 4 carrots, 6 mushrooms, 3 potatoes in a pan.
If you don't like any of the above just substitute them for other vegetables.
Add salt, pepper beef stock and fresh herbs.
Simmer for 30 minutes until stock has thickened slightly.
Chuck it in the pie dish and add a crust, or a pie dish with a pastry top and bottom.
