Done By: Tina Lewis

What is Pastry?

Pastry is a dough made from flour, fat and water. Eggs, cheese or sugar can be added for a richer dough. A variety of dishes can be made with the different kinds of pastry.

Characteristics of good pastry

Light golden brown colour

Lightness- not heavy, doughy or soggy

Flakiness (in puff, rough and flaky)- layers of dough should have thin flakes; crust

should be flaky with lots of very tiny blisters on the surface.

Tenderness- beaks easily when bitten or cuts readily with a fork without crumble.

Shortness- shortcrust pastry should crumble easily without breaking up

Acceptable flavour.

Short crust

Shortcrust pastry is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche or pie. It does not puff up during baking because it usually contains no leavening agent. It is possible to make shortcrust pastry with self-raising flour.

Puff

This is the richest type of pastry since it contain

equal weights of fat and flour. The method of

incorporating the fat with the flour is different from

shortcrust and Flaky.

The following video is a demonstration of

how to make the shortcrust and puff pastries

Rough-puff crust

This is somewhat similar to the flaky pastry, but the

fat is incorporated in a different way.

ChouxThis pastry include eggs as an important ingredient. There is

a high proportion of liquid and the flour is also beaten into

the melted fat. The mixture is then piped onto a baking

sheet and becomes nicely puffed- up, with a cavity that can

be filled with sweet or savoury fillings.

It is used for making puffs and eclairs

Hot water

This type of pastry is not very well-known in the Caribbean,

but is used for puddings and meat pies, particularly pork.

The fat is usually lard and the flour beaten into a hot liquid.

Suet

This type of pastry is mainly used for steak and kidney

puddings. The fat used is beef suet, unlike the other types of

pastry.

This is the only type of pastry in which a chemical raising

agent is added and the only type that can be boiled or

steamed.

This video is demonstrating different items

that can be made with the Puff pastry

Items made with Puff Pastry

Copy and name the different types of

Pastries or place the correct definition

where needed. Puff pastry

This type of pastry is used for making

pie shells and patties. It is the most

popular pastry.

This type of pastry is used most to

make pork pie. It is not very popular

here in the Caribbean

Suet

This type is similar to the Puff pastry.

Assignment

1. Collect 5 recipes that is made with

Short crust pastry

Puff pastry

Suet pastry

Hot-water pastry

2. Create a recipe Scrap book using the various dishes made

with pastry.