Recipe: Appetizing Quick pastry adapted from the Settlement Cookbook third edition

Quick pastry adapted from the Settlement Cookbook third edition.

You can cook Quick pastry adapted from the Settlement Cookbook third edition using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Quick pastry adapted from the Settlement Cookbook third edition

1. It's 1/2 cup of shortening or non dairy margarine. When using matzah..
2. It's of ...meal add 2 more tablespoons of non dairy margarine.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of cold water or cold vodka when not preparing for passover.
4. You need of Use 3/4 cup cold water when using matzah meal.
5. It's 1 1/2 cup of Flour or matzah cake meal.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of baking powder or 1tsp kosher for Passover baking powder.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.

Quick pastry adapted from the Settlement Cookbook third edition step by step

1. Melt shortening.
2. Add water to the shortening.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Add water and shortening to the dry ingredients, mix well, until dough is smooth..
5. Chill the dough.
6. Preheat oven to 450° Fahrenheit.
7. Lightly dust a pastry board with flour or matzah meal or roll dough between to sheets of wax paper or floured plastic wrap..
8. Flatten the dough lightly..
9. Roll it to 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick from center to edges with a lightly floured rolling pin using short stokes to make 1 round or several smaller rounds to make tartlets..
10. Turn the dough often in a circular motion to keep it round. Do not turn it over but Lift from board occasionally. If the round splits at the edges, press together. Sprinkle board w with flour as needed..
11. Roll into pie plate, cut small rounds and press into muffin pan to pre bake or fill and fold & press edges together for tarts..
12. Bake for 10 minutes.