To settle the debate, Daily Meal spoke with an expert: Meghan Brophy, the Executive Pastry Chef at Pastis Miami. Brophy explained, "Both butter and lard have their advantages when making pie crust.

Be Better My Friend's plant-based butter main ingredient is coconut oil. It is mainly designed for ... [+] pastry chefd and can come in different sizes. It took the company one year for the ...

The secret is to handle the pastry as little as possible, and give it time to rest before baking. Put the flour and salt in a large bowl and add the cubes of butter. Use your fingertips to rub the ...

The vast majority of shortcrust pastry recipes I've encountered stipulate that you should start with chilled butter, and cut it into cubes before rubbing it into the flour. It's always a bit ...

To prepare the butter-free shortcrust pastry, first place the whole eggs and the yolk in a large bowl (1) and whisk by hand, ...

(The corners should overlap in the centre so no butter is showing.) To start the rolling and folding process, begin by rolling the pastry out away from you on a well-floured surface to a rectangle ...

Pastry Chef Selina Progar, of Eleven, is sharing her recipe for a toasty, warm Crème Brûlée dessert that will warm your soul ...