Hot water crust pastry disaster.

[vernon]

I've just finished scraping/washing half a pound of lard from the kitchen ceiling, oven, kitchen floor, cupboards and work surfaces after a simmering pan of lard and water mix loudly exploded lifting the pan a good foot off the hob and distributing the contents mainly vertically thankfully.

I went ar*e over tip as I walked in to the kitchen to commence immediate salvage operations. Lard is a very effective lubricant for a trainer sole/linoleum interface.

@Tim Hall - be warned - for your first hot water pastry exploit, make sure that you stir the lard and water mix to head off the superheating of the water under a floating lard layer. Also avoid non-stick pans as they don't offer nucleating sites for steam bubbles.

Pie making has been resumed.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Photos or it never happened!

 

[growingvegetables]

Feels sorta wrong "liking" it ........ but couldn't resist

 

[vernon]

Second batch of lard and water has been successfully boiled and incorporated into pastry.

Pie now in the oven.

Back to degreasing the ceiling......