Instructions: Top quality.readymade sweet pastry is not widely available in either supermarkets or specialist. shops although if you need large quantities (ie 10 lb boxes) contact the wholesale pattisier Michael Nadeli on 020 7833 2481. Otherwise pastry requests to your local good patisserie often yield results.

Fine butter is essential for the best pasties. Try the following

has a laudable butter range. It includes a French organic French unpasteurised the pyramid shaped Paysan Breton (in Greater London stores) and the German Maggie (all unsalted) along with the salted Lanquetot.

Harvey Nichols
London 020 7236 5000
Leedss 0113 204 8888
goes a step further selling Normandys Isigny Lescure and Beurre de Baratte Royal dAunis from Charente and the italian Virgilio (all unsalted). The salted Baratta is made using coarse sea salt.

La Fromegerie
recommends the light creamy Beurre de Charente for pastry with its low fat and water content. Also available is the unpasteurlsed Cru (from September) and Montgomerys.

Neals Yard Dairy
has three salted farmhouse butters: Montgomery; Ducketts and Moorhayes (from Keens); along with salted and unsalted examples from Berkeley and the indulgent clotted cream butter from Priors Farm.

Alham Wood Cheeses
buffalo@ dorsatinfo.co.uk
specialises in buffalocheese production and will make smooth sweet tasting buffalo milk butter on request. They can be found at Londons farmers markets.

teddington cheese
wwwteddingtoncheese. co.uk
has an unpasteurised butter on its mail order list.

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