Hotwater pastry
Ingredients
- 225g/8oz plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 100ml/3陆fl oz water
- 80g/3oz lard
Method
Put the flour, salt and egg into a bowl and roughly mix together.
Put the water and lard in a small saucepan and heat together until it reaches boiling point.
Stir into the flour mixture and bring into a ball. Wrap in clingfilm and rest at room temperature for 5 minutes before moulding into your pie dish or mould.
The pastry will harden as it cools.