Hot water crust

It´s pie time we were back with another baking basic, and today I´m going to share with you how to make the perfect hot water crust pastry for making pies!

Hot water crust pastry is a thicker, sturdier pastry perfect for heavy fillings to make things like pork pies. Step-by-step photos teach you how to make this pastry recipe.

Hot Water Pie Crust breaks all the rules of pie dough to create a crisp flaky pie crust.

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Glorious hand raised hot water crackling flavoured crust game pie layered with local venison, pigeon, pheasant, rabbit and a boozy brandy chicken liver pate, this is not only a show stopper pie in presentation but in flavour too, all the rich game layers are sumptuously gorgeous. I fell in love with this pie after seeing it being made on a old 1980's television re-run called Pie in the Sky, where a detective wants to retire and opens a pie restaurant, his passion was old fashioned…

Learn how to make hot water pie crust the easy way. This type of pastry is best used with meat pies, as it can hold lot of liquid.

Try this easy, flaky and tender hot water pie crust recipe for a no-fail baking technique. It can even be doubled for extra pie crust.

Use this crust for any pie. It is a great firm holding crust that is chewy and goes perfectly well with pureed vegetable or with white cheesy polenta, as we did. When you make a pie the filling must be cool or cold for the best results. Unlike other pastry crusts you can make this a fraction thicker.

Ruby bakes: This hot-water crust is a versatile beast and great for pasties and pies

This hot water crust pastry is a recipe from Paul Hollywood. You can mould your pastry in a pie tin with a 9.5cm diameter. I have made hot water crust pastry before, but only with butter, so I thought I would give this recipe a go. Pork filling in hot…