Breville Personal Pie BPI640, Instruction Booklet

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PASTRy

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A selection of ready-rolled pastry, 

such as pie crust, puff or butter puff, is 

available in your supermarket freezer 

or specialty food store. These pastries 

give great results and are handy to keep 

in your freezer. Allow sufficient time 

to defrost to room temperature before 

use. Filo pastry can be used for some 

pies. Use filo pastry from the chilled 

refrigerator section of the supermarket. 

Frozen filo pastry can be brittle and 

difficult to shape.

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Pastry sheets should be kept chilled then 

thawed when needed. For best results, 

frozen pastry should be used as soon as 

it is thawed. If left out for too long, soft 

pastry sheets are difficult to handle and 

to cut clean shapes.

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For a light and buttery taste, use puff 

pastry or butter puff pastry for the 

pastry top; and puff pastry or ready-

rolled pie crust for the pastry base. This 

combination is ideal for dessert pies. We 

do not recommend using ready-rolled 

pie crust for your pastry top.

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Some pies, such as tarts and quiches, can 

be made with a pastry base only. Certain 

fillings are not suitable for this - they 

can overflow out of the pastry base and 

onto the Cooking Plates - so follow the 

recipe instructions within this booklet 

or experiment with the consistency of 

the fillings. Drier, firmer fillings tend to 

work best.

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Unused pastry sheets can be refrozen. 

Place into a large freezer bag and seal 

before placing back into the freezer.

USING LEFT-OvER PASTRy

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Make more pies, garnishes and 

decorations with the left over pastry. 

Lightly knead the left-over pieces into a 

ball and roll out to approximately 

V

 inch 

(3mm) thick.

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It is easier to roll pastry between  

2 sheets of waxed baking paper.  

To make garnishes and decorations, 

cut the pastry into any shape, such 

as leaves, hearts, or stars. Place the 

shape on the pastry top before baking 

as usual.

NOTE

It is recommended that only ready-

rolled pie crust pastry be re-rolled. 

Also, keep the pastry covered to 

prevent drying and cracking.

PRE-CUTTING PASTRy

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Pastry can be pre-cut and stored in the 

freezer so that anyone can make pies at 

their convenience. After cutting up the 

pastry, separate each piece with a layer 

of plastic wrap. Cover completely with 

plastic wrap and return to the freezer.