Healthy pastry
This healthy pastry recipe is very easy to make, and uses just 2 everyday ingredients (plus salt and water!). It's gluten-free, vegan, and a healthier alternative to traditional shortcrust pastry. It's an ideal healthy pie crust for both sweet and savoury treats.
Ingredients
- 100 g porridge oats
- 3 tablespoon olive oil ideally extra virgin
- 2-3 tablespoon cold water
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- Place the oats in a food processor and blitz until finely ground. Add the olive oil and salt and blitz again until well mixed.
- Add the water a little at a time, pulsing between each addition. The mixture will start to clump together.
- If you want to roll out the pastry, gather the mixture into a ball. Roll out between two sheets of waxed paper.
- Alternatively, tip the mixture into your tart tin and press it down evenly down with your fingers.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees. If you are using an uncooked filling, bake for 15-20 minutes. If you are using a cooked filling, bake the pie crust empty for 10 minutes, then add your filling and bake as per your recipe.
Notes
- Use certified gluten free oats to ensure that your pastry is gluten free.
- If you don't have a food processor or a blender, use oat flour rather than whole oats. Mix the flour, olive oil and salt together, then mix in the water a little at a time until the mixture starts to clump together. Gather into a ball with your hands, and use the pastry as per your recipe.
- If you prefer, you can substitute olive oil for another type of oil.
- This quantity of pastry will line four 10 cm tins, or one 18 cm tin. For a 25 cm tin, use 150 g oats, 4.5 tablespoon of olive oil and 3-4 tablespoon water.
Nutrition
Calories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 18.5gProtein: 2.5gFat: 11.8gSaturated Fat: 1.5gFiber: 1.8gSugar: 0g
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