Sophie Gray's Pie Pastry recipe

accroul, Feb 10, 3:08am
please!

I think it's from one of her earlier books.

TIA

245sam, Feb 10, 4:07am
accroul. Sophie's book "Stunning Food" has two pastry recipes - Quick Flaky and Rich Shortcrust.Which, if either, of those recipes is the one you're wanting!:-))

accroul, Feb 10, 4:11am
I think it would be the Quick Flaky one!

245sam, Feb 10, 4:20am
Sophie Gray’s QUICK FLAKY PASTRY
This recipe requires frozen butter – ½ hour in the freezer wrapped in foil is usually sufficient.
1 heaped cup flour
pinch salt
175g frozen butter
cold water to mix

Sift the flour and salt into a big bowl.
Dip the block of butter into the flour to make it easier to handle, then grate it into the bowl using a cheese grater.If it gets a bit sticky , dip it in the flour again.Gently fork the butter through the flour.Add just enough water to form a dough.Use your hands to bring the dough together into a ball and pop it into a bag to chill in the fridge until you are ready to use it.Try to chill it for at least 20 minutes before rolling as this helps stop it shrinking during cooking.:-))