It's not as light as my own pastry, but, balanced
It's not as light as my own pastry, but, balanced against that, it's very convenient and easy. I use it regularly for egg custard bases and bakewell tart bases. It's not good enough to use for (say) mince pies which have a high proportion of pastry to filling, but it works as a pastry base for (say) jam tarts.
Wouldn’t recommend, why vegan?!
I don’t want vegan pastry, where is the butter?! Full of rubbish and palm oil, what is wrong with traditional ingredients for traditional pastry?! Not tasty and not great texture. Wouldn’t recommend.
A good useful ready-made short-cut
This is a good useful short-cut ready-made, I like it. I forgot to measure it for this review but the 375g pack is enough to line a deep 8" pie tin (plus its lip). It seems they no longer do the larger 550g pack which was enough to provide a lid as well. Not everyone is used to handling pastry so in reply to the review that it's rectangular - that's the norm. Tailor it to being circular in the same way as for a different shape rectangle - cut it to fit as much of the shape as you can and if not big enough then enlarge by 'welding' on some of the off-cuts by gently rubbing a little water onto the edges of pieces you want to join, overlap the edges a little and gently but firmly press the whole length of overlap together and trim as necessary. In reply to it being a savoury pastry (although I see the packet includes this description), this is shortcrust pastry full stop ie. a mix of flour, fat, a little salt and water, it's neutral, its appropriate for savoury or sweet fillings. If you want to turn the pastry itself sweet then maybe try sprinkling a little castor sugar over it and very very gently rolling or pressing it into the surface - don't press hard because, as pastry goes, it's already fairly thin.This was great. No probs unrolling the pastry- had taken it out of fridge 45mins before. It's a pity they don't use butter in the mix but it tasted good with a really great texture.
Great product
Excellent- cooks really well - easy to use but you do need to take out of fridge about 15 mins before use otherwise it is too cold and cracks … Leftovers keep well for a few days but again need to remove from fridge before using …
Tasty
I bought this pastry for cornbeef pie and it was just right, I had thick pastry and this was perfect!
save your money and your taste buds. make your own
I bought this as a quick fix for when I was feeling rubbish. It's dreadful. It had a really horrible taste and was claggy when baked. |It ruined my lovely meat pie. I really recommend just making your own. It only takes 5 mins and tastes so much nicer and has a lovely crumbly texture. Also make yourself a few batches at once and freeze. Saves no end of time.
Caution...Savoury
This pastry is savoury although it is not apparent from the image. Beware if you plain to use it for fruit pies for example
Not suitable for circular baking tin
Taste is ok but BEWARE .. even though the package shows a circular quiche, the pastry is for RECTANGULAR dish ...
Excellent Product
We find this an excellent pastry if I wish to make a single pie midweek. Dust with a little flour before rolling (or rerolling). We purchase frequently & will continue to do so.
Great
Really good pastry. I use this all the time to make quiches for my daughter