Shortcrust Pastry without lard
Asked on 22 Jun 2016 by kettle
When making short crust pastry, Delia uses half lard and butter, could Trex be used instead of lard or just all butter.
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Hello
I would do Trex and butter.
Best wishes
Lindsey
Thanks Lindsey, what type of Lard does Delia use, does she use a vegetable lard? Delia also uses lard in her banana bread. Can I also ask in all Delia recipes Delia uses the large size of measuring spoons, the set I have are smaller, can these be purchased, also where can you buy plastic bowl used in all the vidoes and also measuring jug, thank you for your reply love website. best wishes - Linda
Hello Linda
We use pure lard, made from pork fat. We don’t use a substitute.
Delia always uses an old fashioned tablespoon (which is 20ml or the equivalent of 2 dessertspoons).
Measuring spoons
The plastic bowls are 4L bowls (£1.50) from Tescos.
The measuring jug is not so easy! We use two, the triple pour jug doesn’t seem to be anywhere at the moment. Anchor Hocking makes it. The other larger jug is from the props cupboard but if you look for glass batter bowl you might find one.
Best wishes
Lindsey