Fermented Pastry

Once you're well into Phase II, you'll enjoy making delicious pastries. This is very simple and doesn't take long to make.
I always use gluten free flour. This behaves differently to gluten containing flour. In particular, it doesn't roll into sheets very well. Don't worry about it though! I tend to do any large pans piece meal. I take small amounts of pastry and flatten it with my hand and put this in the greased pan, repeating this until the pan is covered. I do the same with the top if making a pie. It tastes the same!
Ingredients
- 500 gms GF flour
- 250 gms beef dripping/lard
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 dessert spoons of brown sugar
- 10 mls Kombucha
- Water
Method
- Cut the lard into small pieces and rub into the flour until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs
- Stir in sugar.
- Add egg yolks and Kombucha and enough water to be able to bring the mixture into a ball. Better to have the mixture slightly more 'wet' than dry as you can always add more flour if needs be.
- Leave this to ferment for 4-12 hours.
- The pastry is ready to use.
- Enjoy!