Why is my pastry dough so sticky?

You've probably added warm water to the mixture. Use cold water – not too much – to keep the dough good and firm.

• Turn your pastry – always in the same direction – before each rolling. Roll out pastry with quick forward strokes to help stop the pastry stretching.
• Keep everything cool when making pastry – your ingredients, equipment and even your hands!
• Use Stork packet straight from the fridge.
• The dough should be handled as little and as lightly as possible to prevent the pastry being tough and hard.
• Make sure your oven is at the correct temperature before cooking your pastry recipe.

Why not put it to the test...

• Cherry pie
• Profiteroles with chocolate sauce
• Gooseberry meringue pie