Vegan shortcrust pastry

Vegan Shortcrust Pastry.

This is my go to recipe for pastry, its simple and is done in minutes, I find it works well in sweet or savoury dishes, go on have a go at pastry. You can make this without a processor but it does make it so fast. 

Yummy pastry

 Ingrediants

225g/8oz plain flour
pinch of salt
100g/4oz vegan margarine
2 1/2 tablespoons cold water 

Four ingrediants only

Method

1. Place the salt and flour into the processor.
2. Add the margarine when the processor is on a low speed, in small pieces.
3. Keep the processor on medium and add the water. Increase the processor gradually until all the ingrediants combine.
4. Stop when the pastry froms a ball.
5. Knead lightly to form a ball. Cover in clingfilm and refridgerate until needed. 

Non processor method

1.  Place the flour and salt in a bowl.
2. Add the margarine and rub in lightly with your fingertipsuntil the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Sprinkle over the water and mix, using a round-bladed knife, until the mixture begins to bind together and form a dough.
4. Knead together very lightly and use as required.

N.B. You can freeze the pastry at this stage for use later, it should be used within a couple of months. You could also funk up the pastry at the dry stage by adding herbs, dried or fresh ( very finely chopped ). I also use this recipe to make sweet pastry with lemon zest etc. Nuts would also be a nice edition. I would suggest a couple of tsps for this amount of pastry.  

Basic plain flour

vegan margarine

Food processor makes light work of pastry

Pastry ready for the fridge