Rangemaster presents the secret to the perfect pastry this British Pie Week

With British Pie Week having just gone, lots of people are sure to be looking for inspiration to help them produce a peerless pie – and an Rangemaster can help anyone get pie perfect.

The company’s home economist, Alison Trinder, said even first-time piemakers can produce a shortcrust pastry which will form the basis for a variety of pies.
Ideal for tarts, quiches and fruit pies, the vital starting point, she says, is to use half the amount of fat to flour.

For a really rich pastry, Alison suggests using exclusively butter for the fat content – but equally pie-tastic results can be produced with a 50-50 mixture of butter and pastry fat.

The pastry can be either made by hand or with the help of a mixer, but a shortcrust pastry will taste all the better for being enriched with sugar and egg yolk – and makes for a brilliant Bakewell tart.

Another of her key tips is to keep utensils and ingredients alike cool, as this helps make the pastry far easier to work with.

Finally, she says that using a the base heat setting of a Rangemaster multi-function oven, such as the Elan 110 Dual Fuel, will help ensure even cooking – with no soggy bottoms!

Alison added: "TV shows such as The Great British Bake Off and The Hairy Bakers have really put pies back centre-stage in the British cooking repertoire, and showed off the dazzling array of ways in which it’s possible to create a corking case and a fabulous filling.

“You can spend as much time as you like putting together the right ingredients, but as Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry often say, ’it’s all about the bake’. A Rangemaster multi-function oven has the cooking capabilities to help any chef, whatever their ability and experience, produce pies they can be proud of.”

Rangemaster is the UK’s biggest producer of range cookers in the UK, with a history going back more than 200 years, and a proud track record of helping home bakers discover the secret to a perfect pie.

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About Rangemaster; Rangemaster is Britain’s No. 1 range cooker brand, and is the most highly rated by consumer watchdog Which?, with 9 Rangemaster models featuring in their Top 11 ‘Best Buy Range Cookers’. This year Rangemaster marks 235 years since the original Flavel company was founded, a milestone in an outstanding heritage of British manufacturing, design and innovation. Not only is Rangemaster proud to be family focused and dedicated to making the kitchen a focal point within the home, but is also renowned as a complete kitchen appliance brand. Product ranges encompass: range cooking, built-in cooking (ovens and hobs), cookers, hoods and splashbacks, American fridge freezers and wine storage, sinks and taps and dishwashing.

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