Sour cream pastry

[fundj&e]

recipe form my Zia Gabriella

2cups flour
300 mls of sour cream
Pinch of salt

Knead for 1.15 mins

Wrap and  rest for 1 hour in the fridge or when needed upto 7 days

it is a very easy pastry to work with, and can be used in savory or sweet dishes

also can be frozen

Members' comments
Hally - I used this pastry a few weeks ago for lemon meringue pie. Brilliant, no shrinkage at all. Thanks Uni.

AB - I have used this for savoury meat pies in the pie maker it was brilliant.

sue purrb - I only have 200 mls sour cream....do you think it would work if I added 100 mls yoghurt, or should I reduce the flour to 1 1/3 cups instead?

I ended up adding the 100 mls yoghurt, the dough was still quite sticky after resting, but I gave it a quick knead on a well-floured mat, and it came together really well. I used half of the pastry for  Chelsea's Egg and bacon pie, which turned out beautifully. It's a favourite, and I usually make it with the cream cheese pastry...this one seemed lighter.

I'd like to use the other half to make jam tarts using TM strawberry jam. Can anyone advise if I should blind bake them first, if so for how long, and what temp, or just fill with jam and bake...again, for how long and what temp? (Can you tell I haven't made jam tarts since I was  little? Cheesy Interestingly, I don't remember my mum ever blind baking anything. Many thanks.

cookie1 - My Mum didn't either. She just cooked things on the bottom shelf for a while.  When I blind bake I only do it for about 5 minutes. I know this is wrong but it works for me.
 

[snappy]

I love the old Italian family recipes!  It looks really nice and flaky.

[goldfish]

This is wonderful!  Thanks heaps, Uni.  Will try it this weekend!

[Halex]

Fantasic uni, would it be nice with lemon curd?

 

[fundj&e]

i am sure it would be H

the biscuts in the  photo have pumkin jam in them

[dede]

I like a pastry that can be used with savory or sweet. And no butter is even better. Don't like the butter pastry

[Jude59]

Just love the sound of this pastry! Thanks.

[Cornish Cream]

Looks a real winner Uni.Thank you

[Debbiebillg]

Hiya Uni, would you mind telling me does this pastry shrink ? I tried another sour cream pastry (if I remember right I made a quiche and blind baked the pastry after it had been chilled in the fridge) and it shrunk heaps ! So just wondering if this is the same ?

[Halex]

I used this pastry a few weeks ago for lemon meringue pie.

Brilliant, no shrinkage at all.

Thanks Uni


H

[Aussie Brenda]

I have used this for savoury meat pies in the pie maker it was brilliant..

[fundj&e]

thanks ladies

[sue_purrb]

I only have 200 mls sour cream....do you think it would work if I added 100 mls yoghourt, or should I reduce the flour to 1 1/3 cups instead?

Thanks,
Sue

[fundj&e]

not really sure sue sorry , if i was doing it i would add more flour 

[cookie1]

I often use natural Greek yoghurt where sour cream is called for.