Too much handling can also make the fat soft and the finished pastry greasy. When making shortcrust, a food processor can be an advantage in that it can help minimise handling. However it is ...

One of my standard tests when reviewing food processors is to make a quick pastry dough. A good food processor should combine your butter and flour with relative ease, and the food processor will ...

3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured counter. With a bench scraper or dull knife, cut into the dough over and over until it comes together to form a rough ball. Shape it into a flat 5-inch ...

You can also use a food processor to quickly cut butter into pastry dough or chop hard ingredients like nuts. Food processors are also good for chopping vegetables—a blender would pulverize them ...