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| HOW
TO MAKE HOT WATER PASTE |
FOOD
TIPS TALLYRAND |
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 Hot
water crust is a pastry used for savoury pies, such
as pork pies, game pies, etc. It was traditionally used
for making hand-raised pies and ss the name suggests
it is made by melting the fat in boling water and then
mixing with the flour. It is a form of pastry that can
be shaped by hand and baked in a mould. Once baked it.
Once baked it has a crisp outercrust but importantly
it will hold liquids which allows pies to be filled
with a savoury jelly or gravy.
Belwo
is the hot water paste recipe for making Pork Pies -
see Pork
Pie recipe
Ingredients
| lard |
100
|
gm |
| water |
250
|
ml |
| flour |
400
|
gm |
| chopped
chervil |
1
|
tbs |
| salt |
|
sq |
Method
- In
a pan, bring to the boil the water and the lard
- Place
flour and salt, sieved 3 times into a bowl
- Pour
on the water and lard and mix in with a wooden spoon
- Place
onto floured workbench and mould into a workable paste
while adding the chopped chervil
Chef's
Tip:
Important
- this pastry must be used while still warm.
RELATED RECIPE
Food
and Cooking Tips
from professional
Chef Tallyrand
Born
and raised in Plymouth, Tallyrand started his initial
training as a chef at Plymouth College of Further Education.
It was here that he was to learn his love, his passion
for food and the culinary arts. From here he headed
to Germany to complete his apprenticeship as Commis
de Gardemanger.
Germany
gave him his first taste of cooking for the rich and
famous, as half way through his first year, along with
the Sous Chef and a Chef de Partie, he was whisked off
to Cologne to help prepare meals for a political conference,
where amongst other dignitaries they cooked for Mr Brehznev,
the then powerful Russian leader. This was to prove
to be just one of the many celebrities he was to cook
for or get to know over the years . . .
If
you would like to find out more why not visit Tallyrand's
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