Ready made frozen pastry

[Cloudberry]

Wondering if anyone can shed some light on the different types of frozen pastry you can find in the supermarket. Which is which? More specifically I'd like to know which is puff pastry and which is shortcrust pastry. In K Citymarket I think I counted about 6 different types of frozen ready-made pastry

[EP]

Do you mean dough?

[maxxfi]

Let's start from:

voitaikina -> puff pastry
murotaikina -> shortctrust pastry
filo-taikina -> filo pastry

Which one of those you found in KC is not yet included in this list?

[EP]

There is also "piirastaikina" (pie pastry) that is good also for salty pies. You get two types of that, one with rye. Then there is "pullataikina", well, pulla pastry. Otherwise good but too much sugar for my taste. What else? Filo pastry is also called "lehtitaikina", and "piparkakkutaikina" is the brown cinnamon stuff that you use for Christmas cookies.

[Rosamunda]

Let's start from:


murotaikina -> shortctrust pastry

This is NOT what I would call shortcrust pastry. It is closer to what the French call a "pâte sucré" and almost close to a biscuit (or shortbread). It is great for blueberry tart for example but the only way to roll it out is between two sheets of baking paper. For me the "piirastaikina" is closest to shortcrust. I would use it to make a quiche for example.

[Jukka Aho]

Which one of those you found in KC is not yet included in this list?

The Sunnuntai brand has...

1. kauramurotaikina
2. kevyt ruispiirakkataikina
3. murotaikina
4. perunataikina
5. ruismurotaikina
6. ruisperunataikina
7. pullataikina

[maxxfi]

It is closer to what the French call a "pâte sucré" and almost close to a biscuit (or shortbread).

What's the English name for it, sweetcrust ? Or is it still different?

[Cloudberry]

Let's start from:
murotaikina -> shortctrust pastry

This is NOT what I would call shortcrust pastry. It is closer to what the French call a "pâte sucré" and almost close to a biscuit (or shortbread). It is great for blueberry tart for example but the only way to roll it out is between two sheets of baking paper. For me the "piirastaikina" is closest to shortcrust. I would use it to make a quiche for example.

So would piirastiakina be good for making Aussie/British style meat pies? I want to use a shortcrust for the bottom of the pies and a puff pastry for the top. I could make my own from scratch but the recipe for meat pie shortcrust pastry has lard and of course I haven't been able to find lard (larddi?) in citymarket either.

[Rosamunda]

Yes, I would probably put piirakkataikina on the bottom and the voitaikina/lehtitaikina on top.
Lehtitaikina is more like flaky/puff pastry than filo. The only difference with the voitaikina is that is doesn't contain butter.

Citymarket (K market) has their own brand of frozen pastries but I don't think Prisma/Rainbow does one.

There have been threads about lard. I seem to remember some people have said they use Cocos (white vegetable fat). I've never tried it: I'm not so sure the hydrogenated veg fats are very healthy. But then again, the Sunnuntai doughs all contain the stuff.

[tuulen]

...I'm not so sure the hydrogenated veg fats are very healthy. But then again, the Sunnuntai doughs all contain the stuff.

Over here in the US, hydrogenated fats and oils have been on the "no-no" list for years.

They are not illegal, but they are not considered to be healthy.

[Cloudberry]

I'm not so sure the hydrogenated veg fats are very healthy. But then again, the Sunnuntai doughs all contain the stuff.

I'm making Aussie meat pies - they are not really a health food

Jokes aside, yeah I know what you mean - lard will clog your arteries and hydrogenated vegetable fats will give you cancer. Neither seems very appealing but I think the lard might be the lesser of the two evils

[jtammilehto]

Any comments on 'quality' re brands offered?

There sure in hell is huge difference in pricing!

[longgo]

Does someone know from where i can find that butter layer paistry that was for sale in LIDL before .. Yellow pack.

[EP]

Well, Sunnuntai is in a yellow pack. That is in every supermarket. But if it was some foreign brand, no idea.

[Jukka Aho]

Is “butter layer paistry” lehtitaikina or voitaikina or something different still? (Actually, Google says No results found for "butter layer paistry", using the quotes.)