root veg pastry?i

[mrsflibble]

have made potato pastry before (wartime recipe) and we all enjoyed it, but i was wondering, would other root veg work in it? just an idea to bulk up our veg intake lol!!!

[becks77]

I've never heard of potatoe pastry, how do you make it please

[Annpan]

I successfully mix parsnips in with potato scone mixture all the time, but I don't know what potato pastry is

[mrsflibble]

potato pastry

4oz mashed and sieved potato
1/2 teaspoon of salt
8oz plain flour
3oz fat
2 tablespoons of baking powder

Method:
Sieve dry ingredients together.
Rub fat into flour and gently mix in potato.
Add just enough water to make a fairly dry dough.
Knead well.

never made potato scones.... unless this IS ptato scones, but i have only ever used it as pastry lol!

[Loobyloo]

Hmm Interesting, is it like shortcrust?

[mrsflibble]

yes, much like it. well... sort of like the lovechild of shortcrust and suet crust lol!!! it has the fluffyness of suet crust, but the breakey apartness off really short shortcrust...

[Annpan]

Potato scones are a scottish delicacy....

Basically I use left over mashed potato (usually at a ratio of 4 pots to 1 parsnip) add plain flour until you get a soft dough - I find it better if you leave it for 1/2 hour or so to rest, then roll it out to a thickness of around 3 or 4 mm cut with a large scone cutter (I often do big batches and freeze them at this point) and fry in a little amount of oil until it goes golden on each side...

It is part of a 'Traditional Scottish Breakfast'.... and lovely in a roll..... hmmmmmm.....

[hedgewitch]

Sweet Potatoes work well too (so I've been told)
My friend made a pizza base using Sweet Potatoes.
here's the recipe she used for the dough

1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunky pieces (about 400g prepared weight)
300g organic whole meal flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 good pinch herbal seasoning (optional)
65ml cold water mixed with 2 tbsp virgin olive oil

Here's the original recipe