WEEK 7 - FRUIT TART AND QUICHE LORRAINE
PIE AND TARTS The meaning of thee pastry or pie The term pastry comes from the word paste, meaning, in the case, a mixture of flour, liquid and fat. In the bakeshop, pastry refers both to various pastes and dough and to the many products made from them. To glaze pastry a . savoury pastries are brushed with beaten egg, or egg yolk diluted with a little milk. b. Sweet pastries glaze, brushed lightly with water and dredged with sugar or for a sparkly glaze, brushed with beaten egg white and sprinkled with castor sugar. To store pastry a. Uncooked dough will keep for several days in the refrigerator. It must be well covered, preferably in a polythene bag to keep out the air. If well sealed it also freezes very successfully. b. Cooked pastries can be kept for two or three days in an airtight tin or plastic. Container unless they contain perishable filling. They usually freeze and reheat on the required. Flan cases sho...