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Investigating different ingredients of shortcrust Pastry - Coggle Diagram
Investigating different ingredients of shortcrust Pastry
flour
corn flour
this is used when you are making a gluten-free dough.
self-raising flour
this can be used, but it will be a little more difficult to roll, but it will give a more light, short pastry.
plain flour
plain flour is used because it has a lower protein content than other flours, meaning that it is soft and crumbly.
bread flour
best not to use in pastry because it gives a tough result and the pastry is more difficult to roll out because it is so tough.
fats
oil
olive oil
butter
unsalted butter
salted butter
fats
vegetable fat
margarine
liquids
water
Water helps to bind flour and fat together to make a dough.
milk
Milk is a moisturizer, Moistening helps to remove the dryness from foods.
salt
white salt
rock salt
sea salt