I keep wearing my new jacket, today with the tee I embroidered with a flower for some reason, probably to cover something. I like it a lot
Anyway, with a Simon Brett mystery audiobook going in the background, I made the makings of vegetable pasties for the freezer.
Simple dough, whole wheat and white flour, hot water, olive oil, stir, knead, leave to rest
Then with my handy bench scraper, which does a lot of jobs, cut it into six equal pieces.
I like rolling dough. This kind needs a floured surface, not to avoid sticking, oil pastry doesn't, but to get traction! Otherwise it slides all over.
Six big thin circles, more or less, will make a crisp pasty but strong enough to hold the filling.
And here they're on parchment paper, ready to fold over, so there's one per level, to slide on a tray and freeze
Meanwhile I'd been roasting vegetables.
Onions, brussel sprouts, cauliflower greens. (the leaves), leeks, doused with Worcestershire sauce, bit of salt, bit of Old Bay seasoning, olive oil. Hot oven for about 30 minutes.
And here corralled onto a freezer safe container.
So I have the makings of six pasties, maybe a couple of them for Handsome Son. Possibly with hot sausage. Or chicken. Bit of ham. We'll see.
Two items waiting at the library now, the DVD of Howard's End, I'll let you know how it goes, and No one is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. She's winning all before her, so I would like to see why. Steve, are you familiar with her?
Happy day everyone. Fight on.
Ukraine won Eurovision! I wouldn't put it past Zelenskyy to show up, with an apron over his fighting gear, and sweep the Great British Bake Off any time now. Ukraine's unstoppable. As I think Putin is finding.
