Makes 6 oz, enough for 1 medium sized pie

mmmmm Pie.

Preparation time for pastry is about 10 minutes, then about half an hour for it to sit.

Ingredients

110g plain flour
50g but­ter (or mar­gar­ine)
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp water

Method

1. Measure out and sift the flour and the salt, the sift­ing should be done hold­ing the sieve up as high as pos­sible. If you don’t have a sieve, then just try to get rid of the lumps in the flour (if there are any).

2. Add in the but­ter and with your hands rub the but­ter and the flour together until it is all mixed and looks like crumbs.

3. add in the 2 table­spoons of water and mix together until it forms a nice ball of pastry, if it is still crumbly then just add a little more water (like a tea­spoons amount), but not too much as this will ruin the pastry.

4. Take the ball of pastry, put into a food bag (or wrap in cling-film) and put into the fridge for half an hour or so.

5. Ready to use now.
6. Make Pie.