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Pastry is something I've avoided making as I stupidly thought it was beyond me.

Today, to stop myself from going mad with boredom, I decided to make a cheese and onion pie. Not a bad first attempt.

However, the pastry stuck to the rolling pin at any opportunity. My rolling pin is a plain*wooden cylindrical shape, no handles.

Would I have more success with one made from something else?

[Teddybleads]

Marble.

[PhoenixRises]

I have a vague recollection that flour stops pastry sticking to the rolling pin, is this true?

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRises

I have a vague recollection that flour stops pastry sticking to the rolling pin, is this true?

I had to flour the wooden rolling pin with nearly every roll.
Bizarrely the flour wouldn't stick half as well as the pastry did.

[Miss C. DeVille]

The best ones are the ones that stay cold. I used to have a really old glass one but my mum used to use an old glass milk bottle. It's still best to put a little flour on it though to stop sticking.

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I think, on reflection that the pastry was probably a tad too wet.

It seemed Ok to me, but when I mentioned to my mum that it cracked around the edges really easily as I rolled, and it sucked up all the flour I put on the rolling pin, AND it had a soggy bottom, I reckon I need a drier consistency next time.

[Bedsit Bob]

A Teflon coated one.

[shmisk]

I find a wine bottle that's been in the fridge half an hour is best

[annette kurten]

use more flour on it.

edit: how stiff is your pastry?

[diablo]

I have a polystyrene one which is sealed at one end and has a screw cap at the other - it can be filled with cold water. Though I've never used it like that.