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Pastry
• A wide selection of ready rolled pastry, such as
short crust, puff, butter puff and wholemeal, is
available in your supermarket freezer. These
pastries give great results and are handy to keep in
your freezer. Allow sufficient time to defrost pastry
before use. Filo pastry can be used for some pies.
Use Filo pastry from the chilled refrigerator section
of the supermarket. Frozen filo pastry can be brittle
and difficult to shape.
• Pastry sheets should be kept chilled in between
each use. Soft pastry sheets are difficult to handle
and to cut clean shapes.
• For a lighter and more buttery taste, use puff
pastry or butter puff pastry for the pastry top with
shortcrust pastry for the pastry base. This
combination is ideal for dessert pies. Some pies,
such as tarts and quiches, are made with a pastry
base only.
• Make garnishes and decorations with the left over
pastry. Place onto the pastry top before closing the
lid of the appliance.
• Unused pastry sheets can be refrozen. Place into a
large freezer bag and seal before placing back into
the freezer.
Bread
• Pastry Creations can also prepare economical pies
from bread. Most types of large-size sandwich
bread can be used: white, wholemeal, wholegrain,
raisin loaf. It is not recommended to use thick or
toast slices as they will prevent the lid from closing
correctly. Heavy grained breads are not
recommended as they may scratch the cooking
plates and are not sufficiently pliable for shaping
into the pie dishes. When using raisin bread,
brioche or other sweet breads that are higher in
sugar, remember that they may brown quickly.
• To cut 2 bread tops and 2 bread bases, use 4 slices
of large-size sandwich bread. Position the cutter
over each slice and cut by pressing down into the
bread. Do not twist. Ensure the cut is smooth
around the edges.
• For best results we recommend to butter the
outside of the bread, that is, place the buttered
sides against the cooking plates. Place filling
between the unbuttered sides of bread. If you are
on a low fat diet or kilojoule counting, the outside
of the bread may be left unbuttered. Season the
plates occasionally to prevent sticking and to make
cleaning easier.
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