Cooking Tips
Pastry
Phyllo Pastry
- Dries out quickly while working with it. Keep a damp cloth over to prevent this delicate pastry from becoming brittle.
- Eat soon after removing from the oven, as the pastry tends to lose crispness if left to stand for too long.
Puff Pastry
- Allow frozen pastry to thaw to room tempreture before unrolling it.
- Do not defrost pastry in the microwave, it needs to be kept cool at all times. The microwave will ruin the pastry if the butter melts.
Sauce
Thicken
- To thicken sauce at the last minute, use cornflour. Mix a bit of cornflour with cold water, add it to your sauce and allow 5 minutes to thicken.
