quick question about shortcrust pastry for nigella's mince pies

[luvaduck]

can you make the pastry the night before and leave in fridge overnight??
how long does pastry keep uncooked?

It says rest in fridge for 20 mins but presumably its also ok overnight??? (look at the time - can't believe i volunteered to make them and pretend i'm some sort of domestic goddess - as if)

TIA

Non nigella shortcrust can be wrapped in cling in the fridge - I assume her recipe is similar enough to do the same

thanks!

Do take it out a bit before you want to use it

I still have short pastry in the fridge that I made about 2 weeks ago, wrapped in clingfilm - it still seems to be ok, but will have to take it out and smell it (to check it doesn't smell of plastic from the clingfilm) before I make the mince pies. It was originally for something else but I forgot to use it!

it lasts for a good while - tis butter/lard flour so lasts as long as they would. you can freeze it too

not sure about keeping it but WOW

this is great pastry

made it on friday and again saturday and amazingly crumbly melt in mouth lush

my pastry is also amazingly crunbly melty in the mouth lush too, NaO - it is also gluten free! Made with Dove's farm GF plain flour, to their recipe - I finally learnt the art of good pastry really is to keep the manipulation to an absolute minimum - when I made flans for DS's christening, lots of people asked me for the recipe and complimented me on my pastry..

oo good tips here
mine looks pretty good so far (what a stupid thing to say though - now its cursed)

NaO - do you mean the nigella pasrty - which mince pies did you make?

manger i think

trex was the answer i think!

Her pastry is fab, I have made some nigella cranberry mincemeat and am very excited about trying it

It wasnt my Christmas name it was my I have flounced and lost my name - they gave it me back.

s'ok then! glad you're back - how's your hair? (that was you, wasn't it?)

My hair is fine, should it not be. There was a thread about my fringe if that is what you mean.

was it not you who had a haircut that you weren't over happy with?

No but I can remember the thread can't remember who the OP was though.

is this the thread

nope, it was about getting long hair cut shorter and whether or not to go for a fringe. Sorry, I really thought it was you...

I'll get me coat. Gotta go dress a nekkid tree now anyway!