Do you long to make a delicious apple pie from scratch? Or create a rough puff pastry with a bottom you can be proud of?

This course covers the techniques, skills, and baking science behind making perfect sweet and savoury pies and tarts with shortcrust, puff pastry, rough-puff, and hot water crust pastry.

You’ll also discover pastry tips and techniques on everything from rolling and shaping to blind baking and crimping.

Learn the ins and outs of making pastry

Pie and tart making is a skill on the up as hobbyists and professional bakers alike are increasingly taking to social media to share their elaborate creations and grow their following.

On this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills and knowledge to make a range of pie and tart recipes using pastry.

Discover homemade pastry recipes, from shortcrust pastry tarts to hand-crimped pies

As you dive into pastry making, you’ll learn why making pastry from scratch is useful for recipes from a range of global cuisines.

Each week, you’ll get to grips with a different type of pastry, learning tips for getting it right and having the chance to apply what you learn through a different delicious recipe.

You’ll examine each stage of the recipe in detail, and learn how and why each part of the recipe and pastry making process works.

Try your hand at pastry techniques like blind baking and decorative pie crusts

As well as learning the ins and outs of making the typical pastry types, you’ll build your baking knowledge in areas like choosing the right ingredients, kitchen equipment, troubleshooting techniques and how to alter a recipe.

You’ll also learn the popular pastry techniques of rubbing in, rolling, shaping, blind baking, crimping and glazing, as well as learn about decorative techniques and the addition of flavour to pastry.