[Spana]

What do you make with your pastry trimmings

Whenever i make pastry for say a pie or tart there's always a few trimmings left over.   I usually turn these into an eccles cake Me and OH eat it warm from the oven with a cuppa and it always seems so nice, almost a ritual
Just wondered this afternoon whist eating todays eccles what other people make with there pastry trimmings

[Mosslane]

I never get chance to do anything with them - John (OH) and Jake (dog) polish them off raw before I get to do anything. 

[mumofstig]

I always mush it all together and reroll to make a small quiche 'bottom' bake blind and then freeze.

[janet12000]

a jam turnover. 

[Swing Swang]

Freeze raw and add to next batch.

SS

[Brambles]

If it's flakey pastry.. cook bits plain and eat while still hot...  If shortcrust, use for base for quiche, jam tarts, cheesey savourys

[8doubles]

With puff pastry its cheese and marmite whirls.
Roll the pastry out give it an ultra thin smear of marmite and sprinkle with grated cheddar, roll it up swiss roll style then cut 1/4" slices and bake on a greaseproof sheet.

They do not get a chance to cool down.

[Spana]

Its strange how these 'extra' little bits taste so delicious.  If they were the proper make i doubt they would go down half so well

[joyfull]

I always give my trimmings to my dogs after I have cooked them - I was put off eating the trimmings after teaching my children to make tarts and the pastry usually turned a grey colour  funny how mummy was too full to try the tarts but daddy always just had to eat them 

[titch]

    thats a bit like me at work ...........little handsies, no matter how clean find there way into all kinds of places........

i grate some cheese on to my trimmings, fold and re roll and make cheese straws

[Pumpkin-Kat]

Yep me too cheese straws, the kids love them in their lunch boxes too.

[Poolfield2]

Apple  or mincemeat or jam pasty, yum!

[Lewjam]

nearly always cheese staws and pasties depening what type and how much ive got.

I dont do sweet really!

Pasty over a cake any day of the week hehe

[Patricia]

Our family used to roll out and spread with butter and then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon any leftover shortcrust pastry, and roll up like a swiss roll then place on baking sheet and cut into about an inch or so rolls and bake along with what the main pie or whatever was being baked. Be careful though as the melted sugar is extremely hot. But they are lovely!!

[plantpot]

I shall be trying some of these, they sound delicious!