Learn How to Bake Pies and Tarts with BBC Good Food 

This course is designed for anyone who wants to improve their skills and techniques when it comes to savoury and sweet pastry-based dishes

• This course covers the techniques, skills, and baking science behind making perfect sweet and savoury pies and tarts with shortcrust, puff pastry, rough-puff, and hot water crust pastry.
• You will also discover pastry tips and techniques on everything from rolling and shaping to blind baking and crimping.
• Pie and tart making is a skill on the up as hobbyists and professional bakers alike are increasingly taking to social media to share their elaborate creations and grow their following.
• On this course, you will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to make a range of pie and tart recipes using pastry.
• As you dive into pastry making, you will learn why making pastry from scratch is useful for recipes from a range of global cuisines.
• Each week, you will get to grips with a different type of pastry, learning tips for getting it right and having the chance to apply what you learn through a different delicious recipe.
• You will examine each stage of the recipe in detail, and learn how and why each part of the recipe and pastry making process works.
• As well as learning the ins and outs of making the typical pastry types, you will build your baking knowledge in areas like choosing the right ingredients, kitchen equipment, troubleshooting techniques and how to alter a recipe.
• You will also learn the popular pastry techniques of rubbing in, rolling, shaping, blind baking, crimping and glazing, as well as learn about decorative techniques and the addition of flavour to pastry.