ROLLED OAT PASTRY

This is such an easy pastry to make, with everyday ingredients. And yet it is SO delicious, and has an almost "nutty" flavour, without the nuts. It is my only choice for pastry when I make a quiche, because it beautifully complements any quiche filling that you choose.

Ingredients (makes 1 10" pie/quiche base)

30 grams Rolled Oats
125 grams Plain Flour
60 grams Butter
1 Egg Yolk
Pinch Salt
Little Cold Water

Method

Sieve flour & salt into a large bowl, then stir in the oats.
Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Mix to a firm dough with the egg yolk & a little cold water.
Roll pastry out onto a floured board, until pastry is about 1/3 cm thick. Use pastry as desired.

Notes

If you want to make a sweet pastry, add a tablespoon of caster sugar to the dry ingredients before you rub in the butter. When using the pastry as a quiche or tart base, I always blind-bake it for about 15 minutes before putting the filling in, as it makes it so much crunchier and really brings out the flavour of the oats. My Grand-mother gave me this recipe, which was given to her by an elderly aunt, so it's been around for years.

55 Comments

- - mom93821 said
  - 18 Mar 2024
    6:13 am
Homemade pastry always tastes so good.
- mom93821 replied
  
  19 Mar 2024 , 6:13 am
  A good pastry for sweet or savoury treats.
- - happymum2018 said
  - 29 Dec 2018
    8:54 pm
I wonder what you could out in this pastry dough that would be extra nice

- - taynik46 said
  - 29 Jul 2017
    7:30 am
awesome, I have never heard of this before and I always have rolled oats on hand – thanks for sharing

- - mom112217 said
  - 02 Jan 2017
    10:54 am
This is something new to try,thanks alot!

- - EllenG89 said
  - 05 Aug 2015
    7:34 am
oh I must try this! Something a little bit different!

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    6:48 am
What a great idea. I’ll definitely give this a go.

- - mom94125 said
  - 08 Nov 2014
    11:07 pm
thanks for making an effort to post this

- - mom94125 said
  - 15 Oct 2014
    9:28 pm
great idea! i like this recipe

- - cloverstorm said
  - 05 Oct 2014
    1:02 pm
I think I’ll have to give this recipe a try.

- - mom57598 said
  - 16 Aug 2014
    11:57 am
looks very simple to make

- - ginoula5 said
  - 10 Aug 2014
    3:49 pm
great pastry to use for deserts, must try, thanks for sharing

- - mel_phillips said
  - 29 Jul 2014
    10:00 pm
This looks good! Will have to give it a try!

- - kazh said
  - 11 Jun 2014
    6:28 pm
Tried this tonight, works much better than frozen pastry. Thanks.

- - mom61907 said
  - 07 Jun 2014
    9:59 pm
wow, cant wait totry it. has anyone tried this with a handful of coconut?

- - Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) said
  - 31 May 2014
    8:05 pm
I would probably use this in a fruit pie but not for a quiche, thanks for the recipe.

- - kazh said
  - 30 May 2014
    10:54 pm
I love using oats in my cooking. Thanks for the recipe.

- - Happymum-2 said
  - 29 May 2014
    4:44 pm
a very different pastry and one that is quite good for you

- - jadedbutjoyful said
  - 25 May 2014
    4:56 pm
super nutritious and they wont realise..love it agreat idea

- - sarah_wardleworth said
  - 24 May 2014
    8:58 pm
Good read thanks for the information

- - scottie said
  - 21 May 2014
    8:06 am
so lovely with a nice apple pie