Flaky Pastry

Ingredients

• 2 oz. mixed lard and butter
• 1 lb. flour
• salt
• sufficient cold water to mix to stiff paste

Method

1. 1

   Rub mixed lard and butter into flour, add salt and sufficient cold water to mix to stiff paste; knead slightly and roll out into a long strip.

2. 2

   Divide remainder of lard into 3 portions, place 1 portion in small pieces over pastry, sprinkle with flour, and fold in 3.

3. 3

   Repeat until all lard is used.

4. 4

   Put by in cool place about 1 hour, roll out, put by again.

5. 5

   Do this a third time and pastry is ready for use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Bile Beans cookery book (1931) by Ltd C.E. Fulford, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 lb. flour, add 2 teaspoonsful baking powder, some Salt, with sufficient milk to mix to nice paste. ‘Knead until smooth and roll out very lightly. Bake in hot oven. ‘FLAKY PASTRY. ——Rub about 2 0z. mixed lard and ‘butter into 1 Ib. flour, add salt and sufficient cold water o mix to stiff paste;

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